many have also been drawn to one of its more unique treasures — the mappa mundi, the largest european mediaevalke a look. hereford cathedral is wonderful because it's got so many ancient treasures that were not swept away at the reformation or lost during the civil war, such as the mappa mundi, the chained library and we have one of the first 17 magna cartas here. it is a great mystery how we have the mappa mundi. it has the equivalent status of a world heritage site in a single object. mappa mundi is usually translated as "cloth of the world". it is by far the largest mediaeval world map to survive. the map has pilgrim routes and trade routes that you can trace on it, but it is not primarily intended as a navigational map. hereford it is depicted on the map and it is shown more in wales than england. it has almost been rubbed out because, over the centuries, people have put their fingers on hereford ? "this is where we are". it shows lots of strange peoples and beasts on it. some of them are very odd to us today. all sorts of people of different races, some of them depicted with dogs heads or