Contact details
- Name:
- Dr Catherine Delano-Smith
- Qualifications:
- M.A., B.Litt., D.Phil. (Oxon)
- Position/Fellowship type:
- IHR Fellow
- Institute:
- Institute of Historical Research
- Location:
- The Institute of Historical Research (IHR), Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
- Phone:
- 020 7862 8740
- Email address:
- c.delano-smith@qmul.ac.uk
- Website:
- http://www.history.ac.uk/about/catherine-delano-smith
Research Summary and Profile
- Research interests:
- Early Modern, History, Medieval History, Modern History
- Regions:
- Europe, United Kingdom
- Summary of research interests and expertise:
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History of maps and mapping. Co-founded the Maps and Society lecture series (Warburg Institute); Editor of Imago Mundi, The International Journal for the History of Cartography. Prehistoric maps, map signs on early printed maps, maps and itineraries in travel; the relationship between maps and their users, especially in the context of biblical exegesis from Late Antiquity to the Reformation; catholicity of mapping with regards to the map image, and connections with social changes (e.g. in learning and education). Concepts in medieval and early mapping.
- Project summary relevant to Fellowship:
Currently Lead Researcher for the Gough Map of Britain. c. 1400, a 3-year Project funded by the Leverhulme Trust, a collaborative investigation of historical and physical aspects of this remarkable document.
- Publication Details
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Related publications/articles:
Date Details 26-Oct-2017 ‘Image and imagination: Maps in Medieval Europe’ Edited Book
In: Alexander J. Kent and Peter Vujakovic eds, The Routledge Handbook of Mapping and Cartography (London and New York, Routledge)
01-Mar-2017 Some Contemporary Manuscripts of Nicholas of Lyra’s Postilla litteralis (1323–1332): Maps, Plans and Other Illustrations Journal articles
in Natalie Bouloux, Aca Dan and George Tolias (eds), Orbis disciplinae.Hommages en l’honneur de Patrick Gautier Dalché (Tournhout, Brepols)
21-Nov-2016 New Light on the Medieval Gough Map of Britain Journal articles
Imago Mundi. The International Journal for the History of Cartography
07-Jan-2016 Maps Chapters
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and the Arts (Timothy Beale,ed) ( ONLINE and E-Book).
01-Jan-2012 The exegetical Jerusalem:maps and plans for Ezekiel chapters 40-48 in Imagining Jerusalem in the Medieval Wes, L. Donkin and H. Vorholt (eds.), pp.40-75
01-Jan-1999 English Maps. A History London, with Roger J. P. Kain
01-Jan-1991 Maps in Bibles 1500-1600. An Illustrated Catalogue v Droz, with E.M. Ingram
- Research Projects & Supervisions
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Research projects:
Details The Gough Map of Britain Currently Lead Researcher for the Gough Map of Britain. c. 1400, a 3-year Project funded by the Leverhulme Trust, a collaborative investigation of historical and physical aspects of this remarkable document.