Portolan atlas, Italian; cartographic material (DS9768) (Q43308)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18619988, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1861998, mssHM 10)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Portolan atlas, Italian; cartographic material (DS9768) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18619988, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1861998, mssHM 10) |
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Agnese, Battista, active 16th century
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Portolanos--Italy--16th century
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Atlases (Geographic)--Italy--16th century
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between 1540 and 1560
16. century
1540Gregorian
1560Gregorian
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Extent: ff. 20 (19 ff. folded & pasted back to back) : parchment ; 232 x 326 mm
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Title from printed catalog.
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Support: Parchment.
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Layout: Bifolia attached sequentially with stubs. Single ruled black borders.
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Other Decoration: The charts that were made by Agnese have black and red ink for nomenclature in a minuscule script with square capitals as display script; land masses outlined in blue ink with islands painted gold, green or red. The charts in this volume that are not made by Agnese (ff. 12v-13, 16v-17, 17v-18, 18v-19) have nomenclature in black ink only, islands the color of adjacent land...
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Geographical features suggest a date of production ca. 1550. Five charts possibly not by Battista Agnese: those on ff. 12v-13, 14v-15, 16v-17, 17v-18, 18v-19.
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Assigned Date: s. XVImed.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 1/13/2012.
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Arms of an early owner (ca. 1600) stamped on binding and drawn on f. 2: quarterly 1 and 4, gules a cross of Toulouse, 2 and 3, gules a lion rampant crowned, on an escutcheon of pretence azure, a greyhound salient argent with inscription "Ex Dono Regis Cosme Valbelleo Balmelio" below. Owned by Cruninghen ca. 1650; this name across center of f. 2.
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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