Mappa Mundi Hereford Cathedral

The mappa mundi can be seen at hereford cathedral. Switch between the original artefact and the folio society's colour enhanced reproduction, or even explore the surface details of the original from factum arte's 3d scan of the surface of the map. The cathedral is a grade i listed building.

The display was formed by two parts that could act both as a transport box and as a display for the plaster cast, with the surface placed horizontally. Mappa mundi in 3d a unique opportunity to explore some of the many features of the hereford mappa mundi in fine detail. Mappa mundi hereford cathedral is home to the hereford mappa mundi, one of the world’s unique medieval treasures.

The map is listed on the unesco memory of the world register.

The cathedral has the largest library of chained book in the world, its most famous treasure being the mappa mundi, a medieval map of the world created around 1300 by richard of holdingham. Detail, the medieval hereford mappa mundi, “cloth of the world” in hereford, england. Mappa mundi), of a form deriving from the t and o pattern, dating from c. Archeological scholars believe the map to have originated from eastern england in either yorkshire or lincolnshire before it was transported westward to the hereford cathedral in herefordshire where it has remained ever since.