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18.3.03



the hereford Mappa Mundi
c. 1300, with Jerusalem at its center

Andrea McLean, in her capacity as artist-in-residence, created a series of paintings in Gloucester Cathedral which were later exhibited as The Flower of All Cities.
more Mappae Mundi here and here
hard to grasp for a lot of other fundamentalists, but Jerusalem is sacred in Islam, also
Update March18:
Jacquie McShee's Pentangle has a new CD, Passe Avant, the cover of which utilizes a detail from the Hereford Mappa Mundi.
Jacquie McShee's voice carries a dream of human grace, holds it and carries it on, ad astra per aspera.

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