tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post5638732486500712920..comments2023-06-01T04:08:23.369-07:00Comments on Gemæcce: Three maps of early 7th century BritainNicola Griffithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00401940329164370169noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post-63769460781854963022011-11-07T11:13:22.241-08:002011-11-07T11:13:22.241-08:00Jonathan, if I have to, I can just guesstimate the...Jonathan, if I have to, I can just guesstimate the roads using maps from old books--though it would be lovely to figure out a way to get them perfectly accurate, like the topography. I'm just not sure how to do that.<br /><br />But if I do, I'll make sure you get a copy.<br /><br />I want to fix the walls, too.<br /><br />As for not having time to read, oh, I hear you on that! No worries. I'll be very happy to send you a copy of the finished article--or a digital version, if you prefer to use a Kindle app or something similar--next year (or whenever publication rolls around).<br /><br />I really could fiddle with this map forever...Nicola Griffithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00401940329164370169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post-10721233811753053902011-11-06T15:02:04.784-08:002011-11-06T15:02:04.784-08:00Nicola, I would like to read it, I really would, b...Nicola, I would <i>like</i> to read it, I really would, but I have two things to review already before Christmas and a shedload of stuff to read for teaching and two papers also due by then. I cannot read what I would <i>like</i> because I have too much to read that I <i>must</i>, sorry. I will read the finished product with great enjoyment some day of leisure I hope, but I can't do anything with it that has a deadline on it. As for the map, yes, just classroom use of course. and if you can find a decent exemplar of Roman road routes (or I suppose if I can) I can probably apply Photoshop accordingly. But again: not quickly...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post-35566945294318833432011-11-05T09:42:31.168-07:002011-11-05T09:42:31.168-07:00Jonathan, roads, absolutely. Yes. And I want to fi...Jonathan, roads, absolutely. Yes. And I want to find a way to make the rivers look a bit better.<br /><br />I think different roads had different levels of repair/upkeep/use. (I mention some of that briefly in the book, when Hild is near Lindum. Let me know if you'd like to read it.) I'd love to find a way to represent that--maybe on the humongous wall-sized version, if I ever get it done :) I also love the idea of doing little pictures of fountains here and there.<br /><br />As for repurposing the map, if it's just for classroom use, absolutely, feel free. I'd be happy to think students might get a better idea of the terrain. When I add in roads (or maybe when you do?) we should figure out a way to share that, too.Nicola Griffithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00401940329164370169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post-67931159008006353482011-11-05T09:33:18.879-07:002011-11-05T09:33:18.879-07:00Barba, well, the credit really goes to my friends,...Barba, well, the credit really goes to my friends, the ones who did the painstaking work. I'll pass the compliment along. Thank you.Nicola Griffithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00401940329164370169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post-80336865188489608192011-11-05T09:32:18.857-07:002011-11-05T09:32:18.857-07:00Tim, that second comment addressed to 'David&#...Tim, that second comment addressed to 'David' was actually for you, sorry! I want the map to be an aid to imagination, absolutely.Nicola Griffithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00401940329164370169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post-54660303284908712292011-11-05T08:44:22.452-07:002011-11-05T08:44:22.452-07:00It is a bloody gorgeous map, that last one, relief...It is a bloody gorgeous map, that last one, relief and rivers making everything make sense. In the words of Zaphod Beeblebrox, it's so amazingly amazing I think I'm going to have to steal it, or at least Photoshop new labels onto it and use it in lectures. OK, maybe not now I've admitted as much. But I would.<br /><br />The only thing I can think of that might still be worth adding is some of the bigger Roman roads. I'm just thinking of Bede's bit about there being drinking fountains along the roads, mainly; it's always seemed to me that while that's probably just fluff it does imply a working road system in a least a few places.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post-86149160758386873172011-11-04T19:50:02.284-07:002011-11-04T19:50:02.284-07:00Nicely done! As a civil designer who has made man...Nicely done! As a civil designer who has made many a topo and worked in archaeological illustration as well, I have to say, impressive!Barbanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post-86603639014777981012011-11-04T15:12:18.243-07:002011-11-04T15:12:18.243-07:00Thanks, David. That's one of my hopes, that th...Thanks, David. That's one of my hopes, that the map that ends up in the book gives as much info as possible about Hild's world--without being so busy that it becomes confusing.<br /><br />I'd love for the map to be one of those big ones that folds out.Nicola Griffithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00401940329164370169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post-23747805315890779482011-11-04T13:57:29.238-07:002011-11-04T13:57:29.238-07:00I agree with David. The final map looks great. Ple...I agree with David. The final map looks great. Plenty of detail without seeming cluttered. I think the 3D landscape works really well, too. Most maps in novels tend to be 'flat' but this will give the reader an idea of the kind of terrain Hild and her contemporaries had to deal with on their travels.Timhttp://senchus.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post-79191872774506448722011-11-03T16:09:08.734-07:002011-11-03T16:09:08.734-07:00David, thank you.David, thank you.Nicola Griffithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00401940329164370169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167606116032558518.post-78049050645943758002011-11-03T13:53:26.207-07:002011-11-03T13:53:26.207-07:00The final version is beautiful and would make grea...The final version is beautiful and would make great end papers in B&W, in my opinion.David Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10342815698666784979noreply@blogger.com