Click to view the full map. In medieval times, the idea that flying, fire-spitting dragons existed was considered entirely plausible. The world was immense and unknown. Many people believed that a sea ...

From a small island in the Venetian lagoon, a 15th-Century monk somehow designed an astonishingly accurate planisphere of the world. On the second floor of the Library of Saint Mark in Venice, a map ...

Through chapters on monastic gardens, herb gardens, vineyards, and “love gardens” both religious and secular, her Medieval English Gardens recoups the centuries between the fall of Rome and outbreak ...

A HISTORIC map which marks the supposed sites of religious events is still being decoded – nearly 1,000 years after it was made. The Mappa Mundi, in Hereford Cathedral, contains more than 500 ink ...

The extraordinary reproduction of the map’s surface will be unveiled for the first time by Jerry Brotton, Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary’s School of English and Drama, and his ...

Created around 1300, it is the largest surviving map from the Middle Ages and offers a glimpse into the mindset of the ancient Christian world. Located near the Welsh border on the River Wye, ...

WORCESTERSHIRE residents can get closer to the unique Mappa Mundi map at Hereford Cathedral than at any other time in its 700-year-old history. After a two year project, which involved consultations ...

A medieval map of the world that was believed to have been made miles away from the cathedral where it is on display may have been created closer to home. Hereford Cathedral said its 700-year-old ...

In the 13th Century, some people made a world map, and it was rubbish. Were they bad at geography? Or is there an intriguing reason behind the map's odd shapes and images? The Map Men investigate.