Lab Week 2

https://www.themappamundi.co.uk/mappa-mundi/ I chose to look at the interactive website for the Mappa Mundi, which is believed to have been made in the early 14th century. The physical copy of the Mappa Mundi is located in the Hereford Cathedral in the United Kingdom.

The assets that contributed to the creation of the interactive Map come from the Hereford Cathedral in the United Kingdom. The services that this work of digital humanities provide are centered around explaining what the map represents, and explaining the significance of each detail on the map. For example, the city of Jerusalem is in the center of the map, because it is believed to be the center of the world, and the map is made up of the known world. The project provides the historical context for why the map was created and how it fits into the larger worldview of the people who made it. Another one of the assets is the physical map itself, which is rendered in 3D, which helps to understand how the physical map that the project represents is presented in physical space. The presentation involves the nodules over interesting places on the map, which present information in an accesible and interactive form. The map being set on the black background removes distractions and enables the user of the project to focus only on the map and the information, where a muesum might have other things going on and distractions.