maps

The map was found in a convent in Ebstorf, northern Germany, in 1843.[2] It was a very large map, painted on 30 goatskins sewn together and measuring around 3.6 by 3.6 metres (12 ft × 12 ft) – a greatly elaborated version of the common medieval tripartite map (T and O), centered on Jerusalem with east at the top.

The head of Christ was depicted at

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