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Map of the Holy Land with Armenia
Author Matthew Paris British
Not on view
The medieval world recognized Armenia as the home of Noah’s Ark. The Benedictine monk Matthew Paris drew the ark at the top of his map above "Armenia," as Armenian travelers visiting England in 1252 had described it to him: "[It] stands on the summits of two very high mountains . . . infested by hosts of poisonous snakes [between the peaks] and dragons [in red to the sides]." According to Paris’s text, Armenia "extended to India," evidence of the extent of its trade routes.
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