Tabula Rogeriana
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The Tabula Rogeriana is a 12th-century world map created by the Arab geographer Al-Idrisi for the Norman king Roger II of Sicily, renowned as one of the most advanced and detailed medieval representations of the known world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tabula Rogeriana canonical | 2 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cartographic work
ⓘ
mappa mundi ⓘ medieval world map ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Nuzhat al-mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Pleasure Excursion of One Who Is Eager to Traverse the Regions of the World NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Muhammad al-Idrisi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
geographical literature of the Islamic world
ⓘ
reports of travelers and merchants ⓘ |
| century | 12th century ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Roger II of Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedIn | 1138 ⓘ |
| completedIn | 1154 ⓘ |
| contains |
regional maps
ⓘ
textual geographical descriptions ⓘ |
| creator | Muhammad al-Idrisi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Islamic Golden Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateCreated | 1154 ⓘ |
| depicts |
Arabian Peninsula
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ British Isles NERFINISHED ⓘ Central Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ China NERFINISHED ⓘ Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ Iberian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian subcontinent ⓘ Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Nile River NERFINISHED ⓘ North Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Scandinavia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describes |
cities and trade routes
ⓘ
climates and regions of the world ⓘ rivers and mountains ⓘ |
| genre | geographical treatise ⓘ |
| influenced |
later European cartography
ⓘ
later Islamic cartography ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed description of the known world
ⓘ
high accuracy for its time ⓘ integration of classical and Islamic geographical knowledge ⓘ |
| orientation | south-up ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Nuzhat al-mushtāq fī ikhtirāq al-āfāq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| patron | Roger II of Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfCreation |
Kingdom of Sicily
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Palermo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservedAs | manuscript copies ⓘ |
| producedAt | court of Roger II of Sicily ⓘ |
| script | Arabic script ⓘ |
| subjectOf | historical cartography studies ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.