Sawley map

[1] The map takes up the second page (folio 1v) of manuscript 66 at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

[3] The manuscript was probably copied at Durham Priory before being given to Sawley Abbey (now in Lancashire) in the early 13th century.

[1][2] The map is oval in shape, with winged figures (angels, not winds) decorating the four corners of the rectangular page.

Places are marked by circles, square and pictographic symbols, such as towers or, in the case of Jerusalem, a temple.

[1] It may belong to a northern French tradition, if it was copied from the mappa mundi which Bishop Hugh of Le Puiset bequeathed to Durham Priory in 1195.