FraMauro, O.S.B. Cam., (c.1400–1464) was an Italian (Venetian) cartographer who lived in the Republic of Venice. He created the most detailed and accurate map of the world up until that time, the Fra Mauro map.
A medal in honor of Fra Mauro, "an incomparable cosmographer", produced soon after his death, probably by the artist Giovanni Boldù.
Fra Mauro was born before or around the year 1400. In his youth, Mauro had traveled extensively as a merchant and a soldier. He was familiar with the Middle East. He is recorded in the records of the Monastery of St. Michael from 1409. As a lay member of the monastery, Mauro was employed as mapmaker. In the records of the monastery his main job was recorded as collecting the monastery's rents, but from the 1450s he is also mentioned as the creator of a series of world maps. Although he was no longer free to travel, due to his religious status, he would frequently consult with merchants of the city upon their return from overseas voyages. By 1450 he composed a great mappa mundi – a world map – with surprising accuracy, including extensive written comments reflecting the geographic knowledge of his time. The map is known today as the "Fra Mauro map".
The Fra Mauro world mapEdit
The 1450 ca. Fra Mauro map (inverted, South is normally at the top). The map is a world map that depicts Asia, Africa and Europe.
The Fra Mauro world map, or mappa mundi, was a major cartographical work that compiled much of the geographical knowledge of the time. The map covers over five square meters. The map is extremely detailed and contains many thousands of texts and illustrations. The world map took several years to complete and was the most detailed and accurate world map that had been produced up until that time.
Fra Mauro created the map under a commission by King Afonso V of Portugal. Andrea Bianco, a sailor-cartographer, is recorded as having collaborated with Fra Mauro in creating the map, as payments made to him between 1448 and 1459 testify. The map was completed on 24 April 1459, and sent to Portugal, but that copy did not survive. Along with the map was a letter from the Doge of Venice. It was intended for Prince Henry the Navigator, Afonso V's uncle. It encouraged the prince to continue funding exploratory journeys. Fra Mauro died the following year, while he was making a copy of the map for the Signoria of Venice. The copy was completed by Andrea Bianco. A commemorative medal of the period struck in honor of his cartographic work describes Fra Mauro as "chosmographus incomparabilis".
Other workEdit
Two copies of maps by Fra Mauro are known to survive. One is a portolan chart in the Vatican Library, (Codice Borgiano V) published by Roberto Almagià in 1944.[1] The other was recognized by Antonio Ratti as a copy signed by Giorgio Callapoda at Candia and dated 1541, of a lost chart by Fra Mauro, sold at auction in Milan in 1984[2] and now in a private collection, probably in France.[3]
Cattaneo, Angelo, Il mappamondo di Fra Mauro. Venezia, 1450. San Domenico di Fiesole (Fi), European University Institute, Department of History and Civilization, 2005. Supervisor: Diogo Ramada Curto (EUI); Marica Milanesi (Università di Pavia). Examiners: Patrick Gautier Dalché (IRHT, CNRS, Paris); Anthony Molho (EUI).
Cattaneo, Angelo, Fra Mauro's Mappa mundi and Fifteenth-Century Venice. Turnhout: Brepols Publishers (Series "Terrarum Orbis" directed by P. Gautier Dalché), 2011 [ISBN2503523781].
Cattaneo, Angelo, "Migrations et métamorphose des formes et savoirs dans la cartographie œcuménique. Europe – Asie, XIIIe–XVIIe siècle", in Besse, Jean-Marc et Tiberghien, Guy (eds), Opérations cartographiques. Arles, Actes Sud, 2016, pp. 234–259 [ISBN978-2-330-06883-7].
Cattaneo, Angelo, "Dal mappamondo di San Michele al mappamondo di Fra Mauro", in Bouloux, Nathalie; Dan, Anca; Tolias, George (eds), Orbis discipline. Liber amicorum Patrick Gautier Dalché. Turnhout: Brepols, 2016, pp. 713–728. [ISBN978-2-503-56705-1].
Cattaneo, Angelo; "European Medieval and Renaissance Cosmography: A Story of Multiple Voices", Asian Review of World Histories – The Official Journal of The Asian Association of World Historians, Vol. 4, Issue 1 (January 2016), pp. 35–81. [Online ISSN 2287-9811 – Print ISSN 2287-965X - doi:10.12773/arwh.2016.4.1.035
Cattaneo, Angelo (con Nanetti, Andrea; Siew Ann Cheong; Chin-Yew Lin), "Maps as Knowledge Aggregators: from Renaissance Italy Fra Mauro to Web Search Engines", The Cartographic Journal, Vol. 52, Issue 2 (2015), pp. 159–167. [Print ISSN 0008-7041 ISSN 1743-2774]. doi:10.1080/00087041.2015.1119472
Cattaneo, Angelo; "Scomparsa e ricomparsa di un autore: storiografia religiosa, forme della dimenticanza, percorsi della memoria", in Caby, Cécile; Licciardello, Pierluigi (eds), Camaldoli e l’Ordine camaldolese dalle origini alla fine del XV secolo. Atti del I Convegno internazionale di studi in occasione del millenario di Camaldoli (1012-2012). Monastero di Camaldoli, 31 maggio - 2 giugno 2012. Cesena: Centro storico benedettino italiano, 2014 (Serie Italia benedettina), pp. 485–522 [ISBN978-88-98104-09-3].
Cattaneo, Angelo; "Orb and Sceptre: Cosmography and World Cartography in Portugal and Italian Cities in the Fifteenth Century", Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences 59.2 (2009). Special issue: Early Modern Cosmography, edited by Sven Dupré and Frédéric Hallyn, pp. 531–555 [ISSN 0003-9810 - OCLC 1482110 - ISBN978-2-503-53024-6]
Cattaneo, Angelo; "Fra Mauro camaldolese" in Valerio, Vladimiro (ed.), Cartografi veneti. Mappe, uomini e istituzioni per l'immagine e il governo del territorio. Padova: Editoriale Programma, 2007, pp. 233–237 [ISBN8871231554].
Cattaneo, Angelo; "Letture e lettori della Geografia di Tolomeo a Venezia intorno alla metà del Quattrocento", Geographia Antiqua 4-5 (2005), pp. 41–65 [ISSN 1121-8940].
Cattaneo, Angelo; "Scritture di viaggio e scrittura cartografica. La mappamundi di Fra Mauro e i racconti di Marco Polo e Niccolò de' Conti", Itineraria 3-4 (2005), pp. 157–202 [ISSN 1594-1019].
Cattaneo, Angelo; "Fra Mauro Cosmographus Incomparabilis and His Mappamundi: Documents, Sources, and Protocols for Mapping", in Curto Ramada, Diogo; Cattaneo, Angelo; Ferrand Almeida, André (eds), La cartografia europea tra primo Rinascimento e fine dell´Illuminismo. Firenze: L.S. Olschki, 2003, pp. 19–48 [ISBN8822252403].
Cattaneo, Angelo; "God in His World. Leonardo Bellini Illuminator of the Earthly Paradise in Fra Mauro’s Mappamundi", Imago Mundi 55 (2003), pp. 97–102 [ISSN 0308-5694 & ISSN 1479-7801].
NotesEdit
^Almagià, discussing the copy of another map by Fra Mauro, in the Vatican Library: Roberto Almagià, Monumenta cartographica vaticana, (Rome 1944) I:32–40; Heinrich Winter, "The Fra Mauro Portolan Chart in the Vatican" Imago Mundi16 (1962), pp. 17–28.
^Galleria Salomon Agustoni Agrati, 24 October 1984, 40,000,000 lire
^Antonio Ratti, " A Lost Map of Fra Mauro Found in a Sixteenth Century Copy" Imago Mundi40 (1988), pp. 77–85.
Novel A Mapmaker's Dream. The meditations of Fra Mauro, cartographer to the Court of Venice. by James Cowan. Shambala publications USA.
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up until that time the Fra Mauro map A medal in honor of Fra Mauro an incomparable cosmographer produced soon after his death probably by the artist Giovanni Boldu Mauro was a monk of the Camaldolese Monastery of St Michael located on the island of Murano in the Venetian Lagoon It was there that he maintained a cartography workshop He also was employed by some very powerful men like Prince Henry the Navigator Contents 1 Biography 2 The Fra Mauro world map 3 Other work 4 Tributes 5 Bibliography 6 NotesBiography EditFra Mauro was born before or around the year 1400 In his youth Mauro had traveled extensively as a merchant and a soldier He was familiar with the Middle East He is recorded in the records of the Monastery of St Michael from 1409 As a lay member of the monastery Mauro was employed as mapmaker In the records of the monastery his main job was recorded as collecting the monastery s rents but from the 1450s he is also mentioned as the creator of a series of world maps Although he was no longer free to travel due to his religious status he would frequently consult with merchants of the city upon their return from overseas voyages By 1450 he composed a great mappa mundi a world map with surprising accuracy including extensive written comments reflecting the geographic knowledge of his time The map is known today as the Fra Mauro map The Fra Mauro world map Edit nbsp The 1450 ca Fra Mauro map inverted South is normally at the top The map is a world map that depicts Asia Africa and Europe Main article Fra Mauro map The Fra Mauro world map or mappa mundi was a major cartographical work that compiled much of the geographical knowledge of the time The map covers over five square meters The map is extremely detailed and contains many thousands of texts and illustrations The world map took several years to complete and was the most detailed and accurate world map that had been produced up until that time Fra Mauro created the map under a commission by King Afonso V of Portugal Andrea Bianco a sailor cartographer is recorded as having collaborated with Fra Mauro in creating the map as payments made to him between 1448 and 1459 testify The map was completed on 24 April 1459 and sent to Portugal but that copy did not survive Along with the map was a letter from the Doge of Venice It was intended for Prince Henry the Navigator Afonso V s uncle It encouraged the prince to continue funding exploratory journeys Fra Mauro died the following year while he was making a copy of the map for the Signoria of Venice The copy was completed by Andrea Bianco A commemorative medal of the period struck in honor of his cartographic work describes Fra Mauro as chosmographus incomparabilis Other work EditTwo copies of maps by Fra Mauro are known to survive One is a portolan chart in the Vatican Library Codice Borgiano V published by Roberto Almagia in 1944 1 The other was recognized by Antonio Ratti as a copy signed by Giorgio Callapoda at Candia and dated 1541 of a lost chart by Fra Mauro sold at auction in Milan in 1984 2 and now in a private collection probably in France 3 Tributes EditThe crater Fra Mauro and associated Fra Mauro formation of the Moon are named after him The Apollo 13 lunar mission was intended to explore the Fra Mauro formation but due to the explosion aboard the spacecraft Apollo 13 s crew had to return to Earth without landing on the Moon The formation was instead explored by astronauts Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell of the Apollo 14 mission in February 1971 Bibliography EditCattaneo Angelo Il mappamondo di Fra Mauro Venezia 1450 San Domenico di Fiesole Fi European University Institute Department of History and Civilization 2005 Supervisor Diogo Ramada Curto EUI Marica Milanesi Universita di Pavia Examiners Patrick Gautier Dalche IRHT CNRS Paris Anthony Molho EUI Cattaneo Angelo Fra Mauro s Mappa mundi and Fifteenth Century Venice Turnhout Brepols Publishers Series Terrarum Orbis directed by P Gautier Dalche 2011 ISBN 2503523781 Cattaneo Angelo Migrations et metamorphose des formes et savoirs dans la cartographie œcumenique Europe Asie XIIIe XVIIe siecle in Besse Jean Marc et Tiberghien Guy eds Operations cartographiques Arles Actes Sud 2016 pp 234 259 ISBN 978 2 330 06883 7 Cattaneo Angelo Dal mappamondo di San Michele al mappamondo di Fra Mauro in Bouloux Nathalie Dan Anca Tolias George eds Orbis discipline Liber amicorum Patrick Gautier Dalche Turnhout Brepols 2016 pp 713 728 ISBN 978 2 503 56705 1 Cattaneo Angelo European Medieval and Renaissance Cosmography A Story of Multiple Voices Asian Review of World Histories The Official Journal of The Asian Association of World Historians Vol 4 Issue 1 January 2016 pp 35 81 Online ISSN 2287 9811 Print ISSN 2287 965X doi 10 12773 arwh 2016 4 1 035 Cattaneo Angelo con Nanetti Andrea Siew Ann Cheong Chin Yew Lin Maps as Knowledge Aggregators from Renaissance Italy Fra Mauro to Web Search Engines The Cartographic Journal Vol 52 Issue 2 2015 pp 159 167 Print ISSN 0008 7041 ISSN 1743 2774 doi 10 1080 00087041 2015 1119472 Cattaneo Angelo Scomparsa e ricomparsa di un autore storiografia religiosa forme della dimenticanza percorsi della memoria in Caby Cecile Licciardello Pierluigi eds Camaldoli e l Ordine camaldolese dalle origini alla fine del XV secolo Atti del I Convegno internazionale di studi in occasione del millenario di Camaldoli 1012 2012 Monastero di Camaldoli 31 maggio 2 giugno 2012 Cesena Centro storico benedettino italiano 2014 Serie Italia benedettina pp 485 522 ISBN 978 88 98104 09 3 Cattaneo Angelo Orb and Sceptre Cosmography and World Cartography in Portugal and Italian Cities in the Fifteenth Century Archives Internationales d Histoire des Sciences 59 2 2009 Special issue Early Modern Cosmography edited by Sven Dupre and Frederic Hallyn pp 531 555 ISSN 0003 9810 OCLC 1482110 ISBN 978 2 503 53024 6 Cattaneo Angelo Fra Mauro camaldolese in Valerio Vladimiro ed Cartografi veneti Mappe uomini e istituzioni per l immagine e il governo del territorio Padova Editoriale Programma 2007 pp 233 237 ISBN 8871231554 Cattaneo Angelo Letture e lettori della Geografia di Tolomeo a Venezia intorno alla meta del Quattrocento Geographia Antiqua 4 5 2005 pp 41 65 ISSN 1121 8940 Cattaneo Angelo Scritture di viaggio e scrittura cartografica La mappamundi di Fra Mauro e i racconti di Marco Polo e Niccolo de Conti Itineraria 3 4 2005 pp 157 202 ISSN 1594 1019 Cattaneo Angelo Fra Mauro Cosmographus Incomparabilis and His Mappamundi Documents Sources and Protocols for Mapping in Curto Ramada Diogo Cattaneo Angelo Ferrand Almeida Andre eds La cartografia europea tra primo Rinascimento e fine dell Illuminismo Firenze L S Olschki 2003 pp 19 48 ISBN 8822252403 Cattaneo Angelo God in His World Leonardo Bellini Illuminator of the Earthly Paradise in Fra Mauro s Mappamundi Imago Mundi 55 2003 pp 97 102 ISSN 0308 5694 amp ISSN 1479 7801 Notes Edit Almagia discussing the copy of another map by Fra Mauro in the Vatican Library Roberto Almagia Monumenta cartographica vaticana Rome 1944 I 32 40 Heinrich Winter The Fra Mauro Portolan Chart in the Vatican Imago Mundi 16 1962 pp 17 28 Galleria Salomon Agustoni Agrati 24 October 1984 40 000 000 lire Antonio Ratti A Lost Map of Fra Mauro Found in a Sixteenth Century Copy Imago Mundi 40 1988 pp 77 85 Novel A Mapmaker s Dream The meditations of Fra Mauro cartographer to the Court of Venice by James Cowan Shambala publications USA Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fra Mauro amp oldid 1160870688, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
