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English: Sketch by Matthew Paris, attempting to fit the classical 12 winds on a 16-wind compass rose. From Liber Additamentorum, c.1250, notes preliminary to his main work. A Liber manuscript is held by the British Library, London, UK. [1]
Date circa 1250
date QS:P,+1250-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source Liber Additamentorum, British Library [2]
Author
Matthew Paris  (1200–1259)  wikidata:Q369366 s:en:Author:Matthew Paris q:pl:Mateusz Paryżanin
 
Matthew Paris
Alternative names
Matthæus Parisiensis
Description British manuscript illuminator and cartographer
Date of birth/death circa 1200
date QS:P,+1200-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
 between May 1259 and June 1259
date QS:P,+1259-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1319,+1259-05-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1326,+1259-06-00T00:00:00Z/10
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Location of birth/death England St Albans
Work period 1217 Edit this at Wikidata–
Work location
St. Albans Abbey, Hertfordshire, England
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