#riversofparadise

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So beautiful. #Repost @_medievalart with @get_repost ・・・ A schematic map of the world, from a late fifteenth-century French manuscript copy of Jean Corbichon's translation of Bartholomaeus Anglicus's 'De proprietatibus rerum' (Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS Français 9140, f. 157). This map follows the ancient T-O scheme, in which the earth is divided into three continents like a letter T inside an O. In the lower left quadrant is Europe, in the lower right Africa. The upper half is Asia, with the source of the four Rivers of Paradise – the Tigris, the Euphrates, the Pishon, and the Gihon – at the topmost, easternmost point on the map. ⠀⠀ •⠀⠀ •⠀⠀ •⠀⠀ #map #worldmap #medievalmap #oldmap #fifteenthcentury #french #frenchart #manuscript #medievalmanuscript #illuminatedmanuscript #manuscriptillumination #medievalfrance #europe #asia #africa #paradise #riversofparadise #eden #gardenofeden #medievalart #medievaltimes #medievalworld #medievalhistory #medievalstyle #middleages #medioevo #edadmedia #moyenage #mittelalter https://www.instagram.com/p/By-BB0uBEsb/?igshid=1jw7dzjl3ruom