Portolan atlas, Portuguese; cartographic material (DS9788) (Q43368)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18620188, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862018, mssHM 44)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Portolan atlas, Portuguese; cartographic material (DS9788) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18620188, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862018, mssHM 44) |
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Velho, Bartolomeu, -1568
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Stevens, Henry, Sr., 1791-1867
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Huth, Henry, 1815-1878
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Portolanos--Portugal--16th century
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between 1550 and 1599
16. century
1550Gregorian
1599
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Extent: ff. 9 : parchment ; 330 x 440 mm
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Title from printed catalog.
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Support: Parchment.
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Layout: Bifolia arranged sequentially. Double banded purple border.
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Other Decoration: Black and red ink for nomenclature in a minuscule script with area names in square capitals; land masses outlined in color, islands painted blue, green, red, or gold; 1 to 5 compass roses on each chart (except 5v, which has none); usual 32 rhumb line network in black, red, and green ink for the principal directions; numbered latitude scale on each chart, but no longitude...
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Made in Portugal in the second half of the 16th century, with additions on ff. 2, 5v and 6 probably made later in France.
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Assigned Date: s. XVI2.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 1/14/2012.
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The early endpapers affixed to modern parchment front and back bear oval ownership stamp with laurel wreath surrounding initials AY (?); owned by Henry Stevens (1791-1867); sale of his library, 1868, to Henry Huth (1815-78); his ex libris on front pastedown and pencilled notation "Portolano (6) p. 1171" indicating The Huth Library (1880) pt. 4, 1171.
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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