Discusses the possible identity of the author of the map, its purpose, the materials used, its preservation and the geographic features depicted, as well as its decorative border and the men and beasts shown.  Seven b&w plates accompany the text.

Following the announcement in 1988 that Hereford Cathedral intended to auction the Mappa Mundi to raise funds for the cathedral's restoration an alternative proposal was made to establish a public company funded by share capital to which ownership of the map would pass via a Trust in exchange for

24 page booklet describing carved medieval faces, grotesques and foliate features of Hereford Cathedral with 124 illustrated by photographs. Good clean condition. Cat No 1896