1250-1280 - Vercelli Mappa mundi, fragment of a larger map, ms., pen and ink on parchment, east orientation, centered on the eastern Mediterranean, 65 x 83 cm.

Vercelli, Biblioteca e Archivio Capitolare, ACVC, illustrated scrolls, 6, Mappamundi.

Courtesy of the Fondazione Museo del Tesoro del Duomo / Archivio Capitolare di Vercelli. Reproduction prohibited

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This new image of the original work, much worn by time, was developed using multi-spectral analysis and subsequent re-elaboration by researchers at the Lazarus Project (University of Rochester NY) in 2013.