La representación de Gog y Magog y la imagen del Anticristo en las cartas náuticas bajomedievales
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https://doi.org/10.3989/aearte.2005.v78.i311.181Keywords:
Antichrist, False Prophet, Gog and Magog, Catalan Atlas, Mallorcan School of Cartography, Chart of Juan de la Cosa, Jean de Mandeville, Anglo-Norman Apocalypse, Hortus Deliciarum, Herrad de HohenbergAbstract
The legend of the enclosure of Gog and Magog by Alexander the Great had important repercussions during the Middle Ages. It constituted part of the geographical concepts of the period and was materialized in cartography. Due to the evolution that the legend underwent over the centuries, the Antichrist came to form part of it. In this article the author analyzes one of the problematic images from the Catalan Atlas, until now considered by some scholars to be a representation of God in Paradise. Here it is interpreted as being the Antichrist as false prophet performing miracles. This image endured for a long time within the Mallorcan School of Cartography in works associated with the same workshop and area of influence. A result of the influence of the Mallorcan charts on the Sevillian School of Cartography is the presence of this image in the Chart of Juan de la Cosa.
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