This talk was given as part of the Sheldon Tapestry Maps Symposium
Power, Propaganda, Magnificence: the cartographic background to the Sheldon tapestry maps
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The speaker is Peter Barber, Independent Researcher, formerly Head of Maps, British Library
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In the past year the Sheldon Tapestry Maps of Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, and Worcestershire dating from the late Tudor period have all been displayed in the Bodleian’s Weston Library; the final member of this set, Warwickshire, is on display just over 40 miles away in Warwick.
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