Drawn a single sheet of vellum, the Mappa Mundi reflects the medieval church with Jerusalem at the centre of the worldThe Hereford Mappa Mundi is an outstanding treasure of the medieval world ...

Hereford Cathedral is home to the oldest surviving Medieval map of the world - the Mappa Mundi. The majority of the medieval maps of the world that survive today were not designed for travel.

01. Hereford Mappa Mundi, by Richard of Haldingham or Lafford, c.1300 While there are thankfully quite a few historic world maps still knocking around today, the Mappa Mundi kept in Hereford ...

Explore two of Hereford Cathedral's unique treasures. The Mappa Mundi is a huge map, over 700 years old, showing the world as medieval people understood it. It's a world teeming with animals ...