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How did medieval mapmakers understand the Earth? This article explores how maps and diagrams visualised 'earth' within a framework of the four elements, and how it was understood as both physical matter and an idea. It investigates how medieval Europe conceived of 'earth' as having multiple meanings: as an element, a cosmic sphere, the globe, dry land and the home of humanity.

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This page is a summary of: De terra et partibus: Visions of the Earth in Medieval Mapping, c. 800–1300, November 2024, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/9789004712430_009.
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