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Catalogue Number: A173-039
Producer: CinéFête
Producers: France Télévisions et Grand Angle Productions
Subject: History
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary
Copyright Year: 2017
Running Time: 52:00
Albi's Mappa Mundi–The World of Yesterday
Catalogue Number: A173-039
Producer: CinéFête
Producers: France Télévisions et Grand Angle Productions
Subject: History
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary
Copyright Year: 2017
Running Time: 52:00
In an ancient town in the southwest of France lies a “treasure”: Albi’s Mappa Mundi. Dating from the 8th century and included in a manuscript, this map is the oldest known representation of the world as a whole. How was it made? Why is its shape so particular? What exactly does it describe? What was its purpose? To answer these questions, historians, paleographers and scientists conduct a minute investigation and, step by step, the Mappa Mundi reveals its secrets.