Flynn Allott
@flynnoallott.bsky.social
Lecturer @ SPC Oxford. Asst. Ed. @ Imago Mundi. Ferimus ea quae sunt ferenda.
Returning to UCL for a talk this term - would be nice to see London friends!
January 8, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Returning to UCL for a talk this term - would be nice to see London friends!
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The final article of the issue presents Yannan Ding's discovery of a manuscript map of Cochinchina (in modern Vietnam), which drastically revises our understanding of when French missionary activity first began in the region.
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Silhouette of Cochinchina:An Unreported Seventeenth-Century Manuscript Mapfrom the Archives nationales, France
The Archives nationales in Paris holds an anonymous, undated manuscript map, registered as Carte d'une partie de la côte de Cochinchine de Hué à Nha-Trang. Importantly, it is the only known contemp...
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January 7, 2026 at 1:51 PM
The final article of the issue presents Yannan Ding's discovery of a manuscript map of Cochinchina (in modern Vietnam), which drastically revises our understanding of when French missionary activity first began in the region.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The second article is Luis A. Robles Macías's survey of the use of flags on nautical maps and portolan charts of the early modern Maghreb, showing how flags can be used to date, attribute, and assess the provenance of charts.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Flags over the Maghreb: Chronological Clues and Political Symbolism in Portolan Charts
Portolan charts of the Mediterranean never depicted political boundaries as lines, but they sometimes used flags to indicate the possession of selected cities. Historians have observed that these e...
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January 7, 2026 at 1:51 PM
The second article is Luis A. Robles Macías's survey of the use of flags on nautical maps and portolan charts of the early modern Maghreb, showing how flags can be used to date, attribute, and assess the provenance of charts.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The issue opens with Hayley Cotter's discussion of John Selden's cartographic contributions to the 'mare clausum' debate of the seventeenth century, and the role of metaphor in his thought on legal mapping.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Metaphors, Metonymies, and Maps: The Case of John Selden’s Mare clausum (1635)
This essay considers the maps in seventeenth-century English and Dutch editions of John Selden’s legal treatise Mare clausum (1635). It establishes the visuality of legal arguments within the conte...
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January 7, 2026 at 1:51 PM
The issue opens with Hayley Cotter's discussion of John Selden's cartographic contributions to the 'mare clausum' debate of the seventeenth century, and the role of metaphor in his thought on legal mapping.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Issue 77.2 of Imago Mundi is out! It contains articles on Early Modern Legal Cartography; Portolan Charts of the Maghreb; French Missionary Cartography in Vietnam; a Forum on the map history's future; and a reflection on the ending of Imago Mundi's Chronicle.
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rimu20/7...
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rimu20/7...
Imago Mundi
Volume 77, Issue 2 of Imago Mundi
www.tandfonline.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Issue 77.2 of Imago Mundi is out! It contains articles on Early Modern Legal Cartography; Portolan Charts of the Maghreb; French Missionary Cartography in Vietnam; a Forum on the map history's future; and a reflection on the ending of Imago Mundi's Chronicle.
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rimu20/7...
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rimu20/7...
My students made me this card and so it’s only fair to remain in the profession for at least another year
December 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
My students made me this card and so it’s only fair to remain in the profession for at least another year
Samuel Daniel wrote poetry like he was picking a lock
November 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Samuel Daniel wrote poetry like he was picking a lock
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Very excited to be running this conference with Paul Norris. Delighted to have @mcculloughp.bsky.social as our keynote speaker. We can't wait to hear your ideas! Please share widely
September 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Very excited to be running this conference with Paul Norris. Delighted to have @mcculloughp.bsky.social as our keynote speaker. We can't wait to hear your ideas! Please share widely
A good weekend as weekends go
September 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
A good weekend as weekends go
Maybe if we /continue/ to plunge the dagger into our own viscera, perhaps with more vigour, it’ll all be ok
September 19, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Maybe if we /continue/ to plunge the dagger into our own viscera, perhaps with more vigour, it’ll all be ok
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Call for applications - The J.B. Harley Research Fellowships in the History of Cartography
Awards range up to £2000. The closing date for applications is 1st NOVEMBER.
Apply here: www.maphistory.info/harley.html
Please forward to others who might be interested.
Awards range up to £2000. The closing date for applications is 1st NOVEMBER.
Apply here: www.maphistory.info/harley.html
Please forward to others who might be interested.
September 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Call for applications - The J.B. Harley Research Fellowships in the History of Cartography
Awards range up to £2000. The closing date for applications is 1st NOVEMBER.
Apply here: www.maphistory.info/harley.html
Please forward to others who might be interested.
Awards range up to £2000. The closing date for applications is 1st NOVEMBER.
Apply here: www.maphistory.info/harley.html
Please forward to others who might be interested.
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isn't this a four non blondes lyric?
September 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
isn't this a four non blondes lyric?
Learning Greek optatives at the minute and it's mainly consisting of me grinningly mouthing oyoyoyoyoyoyoyoy or eyeyeyeyeyeyey
September 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Learning Greek optatives at the minute and it's mainly consisting of me grinningly mouthing oyoyoyoyoyoyoyoy or eyeyeyeyeyeyey
Eclectic spines from today’s accidentally-two-days-early trip to the book sale at St Mary Magdalene, Oxford
September 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Eclectic spines from today’s accidentally-two-days-early trip to the book sale at St Mary Magdalene, Oxford
Brilliant selection of quotations here
September 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Brilliant selection of quotations here
I have norovirus in Florence; I am consoled for not seeing any of it by sipping water from a The Simpsons Movie Spanish promotional cup
August 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I have norovirus in Florence; I am consoled for not seeing any of it by sipping water from a The Simpsons Movie Spanish promotional cup
please please please no
August 11, 2025 at 7:49 AM
please please please no
Several months in the finishing; many others started and finished since first opening it. To be fair: 👍👍👍👍👍
August 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Several months in the finishing; many others started and finished since first opening it. To be fair: 👍👍👍👍👍
You have to say: great, great opinions being opined back on Twitter
August 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
You have to say: great, great opinions being opined back on Twitter
Beginning to know things…
July 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Beginning to know things…
At the Bode-Museum: 1) a stonework piece by Hans Daucher showing Dürer wrestling with Apelles; 2) evidence that Dürer had a good claim
May 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
At the Bode-Museum: 1) a stonework piece by Hans Daucher showing Dürer wrestling with Apelles; 2) evidence that Dürer had a good claim
Me for the next few months: www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/research/pro...
The Humanist habitus in Early Modern Latinate Geography Textbooks | MPIWG
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May 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Me for the next few months: www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/research/pro...