The Sawley Map Imago Mundi Honorius Augustodunensi Jigsaw Puzzle

This early map performs an encyclopaedic function, bringing together and organising in a visual compendium a wealth of accumulated geographical knowledge from the Bible, Greek legends, Alexandrian adventure tales, and ancient cosmographies. It organises the world in terms of centrality and remoteness: the Mediterranean Sea, outlined in green, lies at the centre, while Britain (Britannia insula at the lower left corner) and the desert monasteries of Egypt (at the upper right) appear at the outer edges. It includes the Red Sea, divided, in the top right corner; Scylla and Charybdis, the sea monsters of Greek myth, in the Mediterranean; and Paradise, appropriately, at the top. Image reproduction rights can be found in the link near the bottom of this description. This image has been digitally filtered to reduce blurring. All Rights Reserved; without: prejudice, recourse or notice (U.C.C. 1-308) Image Reproduction Rights: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Imago_Mundi_de_Honorius_of_Autum_(editado_por_Henry_of_Mainz)_1190.PNG