Other weird creatures the Mappa Mundi portrays include the bonnacon ... dividing the three continents Asia, Europe, and Africa. The O is the encircling ocean, or ‘Sea of Darkness,’ beyond ...

Almost twice as large as the famous English Hereford Mappa Mundi (ca 1300), this exquisitely decorated planisphere showcasing Europe, Africa and ... and outsized sea creatures, plus a total ...

Only three continents – Europe, Asia and parts of North Africa – represent ... monstrous races and outlandish creatures from far-off lands also populate the Mappa Mundi. A ‘Blemmye ...

Hereford's Mappa Mundi contains more than 500 ink drawings ... roughly equivalent to Europe, Asia and North Africa, is mapped within a Christian framework. Jerusalem is in the centre, and east ...

The Mappa Mundi has been added to a list of the ... animals, birds and strange creatures as well as pictures from classical mythology. Drawn on a single piece of vellum, the artwork bears the ...

The latest artist to succumb to their fascination is Yinka Shonibare, whose “Creatures of the Mappa Mundi” – a set ... and appliquéd passages of the African-patterned, Dutch-manufactured ...

A husband and wife have produced what is claimed to be the first major modern recreation of the medieval Mappa Mundi, as part of an English Heritage ... with Europe to the left, Africa to the right ...