Re: The Vinland Map Find Or Fraud?

On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 08:52:55 -0000, "David B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

>Eric Stevens wrote in message ...
>>On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 10:49:42 -0000, "David B."
>><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>>Given that the traditional medieval mappa mundi was designed to fit
>within
>>>a circular frame, what shape of frame would best fit the Old World as
>>>depicted on the Vinland Map?
>>
>>Probably much the same as the maps shown at
>> http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/EMwebpages/202.html
>> http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/EMwebpages/202D.html
>> http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/EMwebpages/202F.html
>> http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/EMwebpages/204.html
>> http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/EMwebpages/219A.html
>
>But these did not all have the same shape of frame. 

For the purpose of the discussion I merely selected maps which were
'not circular'.

>On /204, for example, a
>roughly semi-circular frame is imposed around the shape of the land. It's
>regrettable that both Eric and Inger instinctively tried to explain the
>shape of the Old World on the Vinland Map by comparison with other maps,
>instead of simply describing or naming it. Still, since we're playing that
>game, compare these two:
>
>http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/EMwebpages/226.html
>http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/241.html
>
>On /226, the Hereford Mappa Mundi, c1300, attempts to fill the circular
>frame with a circular landmass, but on /241, the Andrea Bianco Mappa Mundi,
>1432-6, is obliged to squeeze the main landmass eastwards, and even invade
>the frame slightly, to allow for the reported islands far out in the
>Atlantic.
>
>You'll notice that the Bianco map also has a page fold just where the
>Vinland Map has a straightish southern coast of Africa...
>
>David B
>
>
>PS
>
>>Your assumption that all ancient maps were circular is clearly
>>erroneous.
>
>I did not claim that all ancient maps were circular- but it's not relevant
>to this discussion anyway.
>




Eric Stevens