{"id":1811882,"date":"2023-01-24T10:24:15","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T15:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1811882"},"modified":"2023-01-24T10:24:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T15:24:15","slug":"the-unreal-ebstorf-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/01\/the-unreal-ebstorf-map\/","title":{"rendered":"The Unreal Ebstorf Map"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Ebstorf Map<\/a>, a 13th-century mappa mundi, was destroyed by bombing during World War II; it survives only as black-and-white photographs and colour facsimiles of the original. Those images were used by the Leuphana Universit\u00e4t L\u00fcneburg to create a digital version in 2008. And now that digital version has been used to create an interactive version of the Ebstorf Map using a video game engine. The British Library\u2019s Medieval Manuscripts blog has the details<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The British Library has collaborated with Escape Studios\u2019 School of Interactive and Real Time to create an interactive version of the Ebstorf map. A team of students and graduates participated in the \u2018Escape Pod\u2019 incubator to create a 3D version of the map, using the digital facsimile created by Leuphana Universit\u00e4t L\u00fcneburg.<\/p>\n

The interactive map, created in Unreal Engine, has been set in a fictional medieval scriptorium to suggest the tone of the space in which it was created. All aspects of the room were imagined, researched and created by the students at Escape.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The interactive map ties in with the British Library\u2019s ongoing exhibition, Alexander the Great: the Making of a Myth<\/em><\/strong><\/a>; the map\u2019s 15 clickable points of interest relate to Alexander. Details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It sounds like overkill, albeit a fun kind of overkill. It\u2019s a free download, but requires a PC with a graphics card (i.e., no integrated graphics) running Windows 10, so I can\u2019t try it out. But if you can, and want to, you can download it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Ebstorf Map, a 13th-century mappa mundi, was destroyed by bombing during World War II; it survives only as black-and-white photographs and colour facsimiles of the original. 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