Walter Map (Latin: Gualterius Mappus; 1130 – c. 1209/1210) was a medieval writer. He wrote De nugis curialium, which takes the form of a series of anecdotes...
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Revenant (section Walter Map)
recounts stories he heard about revenants, as do works by his contemporary, Walter Map. William wrote that stories of supposed revenants were a "warning to posterity"...
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MAP, map, or physical map in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A map is a symbolic visual representation of an area. Map or MAP may also refer to: Map...
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Herla (section Synopsis of the Walter Map story)
Woden [citation needed] and in the writings of the twelfth-century writer Walter Map, he is portrayed as a legendary king of the Britons who became the leader...
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Lancelot-Grail (redirect from Pseudo-Map Cycle)
modern title invented by H. Oskar Sommer) or the Pseudo-Map Cycle (named so after Walter Map, its pseudo-author), is an early 13th-century French Arthurian...
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succubi over humans. However, not all succubi were malevolent. According to Walter Map in the satire De nugis curialium (Trifles of Courtiers), Pope Sylvester...
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maps are detailed maps of U.S. cities and towns in the 19th and 20th centuries. Originally published by The Sanborn Map Company (Sanborn), the maps were...
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archbishop in 1191. His mother's identity is unclear. The medieval chronicler Walter Map claimed she was a whore named Ykenai, and that he was not actually Henry's...
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world maps date to classical antiquity, the oldest examples of the 6th to 5th centuries BCE still based on the flat Earth paradigm. World maps assuming...
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In mathematics, and more specifically in linear algebra, a linear map (also called a linear mapping, linear transformation, vector space homomorphism...
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In mathematics, a conformal map is a function that locally preserves angles, but not necessarily lengths. More formally, let U {\displaystyle U} and V...
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1475-4754.2008.00428.x. Walter C. McCrone (1988). "The Vinland Map". Analytical Chemistry. 60 (10): 1009–1018. doi:10.1021/ac00161a013. Walter C. McCrone (1999)...
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De nugis curialium (category Works by Walter Map)
surviving work of the 12th-century Latin author Walter Map. He was an English courtier of Welsh descent. Map claimed that he was a man of the Welsh Marches...
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suffer as a result of their helpfulness. The phrase is first attested in Walter Map's 12th-century De nugis curialium, in whose fourth chapter the character...
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Gall–Peters projection (redirect from Peters projection map)
sizes of the various regions of the planet." Joanna Walters (March 19, 2017). "Boston public schools map switch aims to amend 500 years of distortion". The...
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The Piri Reis map is a world map compiled in 1513 by the Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis. Approximately one third of the map survives, housed...
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"deliberate spoof", although this is based on misidentifying Walter, archdeacon of Oxford, as Walter Map, a satirical writer who lived a century later. It continues...
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French-speaking elite of the Welsh border country as Gerald of Wales, Walter Map, and Robert, Earl of Gloucester, to whom Geoffrey dedicated versions of...
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made enemies in the course of uniting Wales under his rule. According to Walter Map, Gruffydd said of this:[citation needed] "Speak not of killing; I but...
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William of Jumièges describes her as a woman of considerable beauty. Walter Map also wrote of a beautiful lady much beloved by the king and so he may...
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addition, the count's court in Troyes became a renowned literary center. Walter Map was among those who found hospitality there. The scholar Stephen of Alinerre...
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having passed down through the generations without ever being sold. Walter Map, in his De nugis curialium, recounts a legend where Edric and a hunting...
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Pictorial maps (also known as illustrated maps, panoramic maps, perspective maps, bird's-eye view maps, and geopictorial maps) depict a given territory...
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Walter Goodacre (1856 – 1 May 1938) was a British businessman and amateur astronomer. He was the second Director of the Lunar Section of the British Astronomical...
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followed. He became disobedient, refusing to heed scoldings or warnings; Walter Map said that he "strayed from the paths of conduct traveled by his father...
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www.walterbeckermedia.com Walter Becker at AllMusic Walter Becker discography at Discogs "Walter Becker Way" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved August 24, 2023...
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landing a more prominent bishopric in the future. He was acquainted with Walter Map, whose career shares some similarities with Gerald's. Retiring from royal...
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map projections that have articles of their own on Wikipedia or that are otherwise notable. Because there is no limit to the number of possible map projections...
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The Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC), officially known as Walter Reed General Hospital (WRGH) until 1951, was the U.S. Army's flagship medical...
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Map of the Human Heart (also called Carte du Tendre and La Carte du Tendre; released in the Philippines as War Dragon) is a 1992 film by New Zealand director...
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