The Date of the Gough Map
The Date of the Gough Map
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高夫地图的日期
DOI：
10.1080/03085690903407997
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发表时间：
2009
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影响因子：
0.2
通讯作者：
T. Smallwood
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作者：
T. Smallwood
作者认为，人们通常把高夫英国地图的年代定在1360年左右是错误的。支持这样一个年代的论据是无效的。地图上的文字最能说明地图的年代，它基本上是1400年左右的笔迹，这一年代得到了古生物学专家的认可。事实上，笔迹的一些特殊特征可能表明日期稍晚。地图上一些具体的非古地理特征证实了它的制作日期接近或稍晚于1400年。与其他中世纪晚期欧洲任何地区的大型内陆地区的地图相比，即使在15世纪初，Gough地图也是多么的早熟和先进。有人认为这幅地图有一个更早的“原型”，反映了爱德华一世国王的事务，这也被认为是没有根据的。
ABSTRACT The date commonly given for the Gough map of Britain, about 1360, is, in the author's opinion, wrong. Arguments that have been offered to support such a dating are invalid. The best indication of the date of the map is the writing on it, which is essentially in a hand of about 1400, a dating endorsed by expert palaeographical opinion. Indeed, a few exceptional features of the handwriting may suggest a slightly later date. A few specific non-palaeographical features of the map confirm a date of production close to, or a little after, 1400. Comparison with other late medieval maps of large inland areas from any part of Europe shows how precocious or advanced the Gough Map is, even for the beginning of the fifteenth century. Arguments suggesting that the map had an earlier ‘prototype’, reflecting the affairs of King Edward I, are also found to be without merit.