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Etymologiae (also called The Etymologies or Origines.) is an etymological encyclopedia compiled by Isidore of Seville (died 636) towards the end of his life. Isidore was encouraged to write the book by his friend Braulio, Bishop of Saragossa.
The picture presented here shows the schematic world-map (Mappamundi) from a 12th-century manuscript. World-maps vary greatly in their complexity, and this is an example of the simplest kind. Deriving originally from remote antiquity, it shows the world in shorthand. On this disc (or sphere) are seen the three continents, divided by the 'great sea or Mediterranean', and surrounded by the 'Ocean sea'.
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