Tournai maps
Open-knowledge reference entry
The
Tournai maps, often known as the Jerome maps, are a pair of maps with Latin labels found in a single late 12th-century manuscript copy of Jerome's Latin translation of Eusebius's Onomasticon. One map depicts the Holy Land (Palestine) while the other depicts Asia. Although the preface of the Onomasticon refers to a map of the Holy Land, the 12th-century map cannot be a faithful copy of the original map.
Description
There are 278 labels on the Asian map and 195 on the Palestinian map. The Asian map includes Greece and the eastern Mediterranean. It extends as far east as Sri Lanka (Taprotane). It is in portrait format with east at the top. Asia Minor takes up an inordinate amount of space in the middle. The Palestinian map is also oriented east up, but is in landscape format. It covers an area stretching from the Nile to the Ganges.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Tournai maps” as open-knowledge reference entry. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as open-knowledge reference entry. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q134740102. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.
The absence of detail may reflect summary conventions rather than a lack of surviving documentation. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.
- Subject orientation
- Search vocabulary
- Locating named sources
The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Tournai maps”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Tournai maps primary sources, Tournai maps archive and Tournai research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Tournai maps”?
- Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
- What terminology or title could unlock a more precise catalogue search?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Tournai maps” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.