Portolan atlas, engraved, with manuscript additions; cartographic material (DS9774) (Q43326)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18620048, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862004, mssHM 30)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Portolan atlas, engraved, with manuscript additions; cartographic material (DS9774) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18620048, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862004, mssHM 30) |
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Portolan atlas, engraved, with manuscript additions; cartographic material
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Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872
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Portolanos--Italy--17th century
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Atlases (Geographic)--Italy--17th century
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1679
17. century
1679
1679
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Extent: ff. 8 : parchment ; 280 x 395 mm
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Map is engraved but contains manuscript additions and coloring.
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Support: Parchment.
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Layout: Bifolia attached sequentially with stubs. Varied borders of small colored geometric designs.
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Span folios: ff. 1-8v.
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Each chart is inscribed, "16-- Armigero Marcheto Fassoi fecit --79." Probably made in Venice since nomenclature is Italian with occasional Venetian dialectal forms.
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Other Decoration: Nomenclature in black in a minuscule script; land mass outlines overtraced in color with islands painted gold, red, blue, or green; 3 to 5 compass roses on each chart, colored; generally each chart has a 32 rhumb line network in black with broken lines to indicate quarterwinds; no latitude or longitude; distance indicated by a series of small circles diagonally across one...
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Assigned Date: s. XVII4/4.
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Physical Issues: Engraving.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 1/14/2012.
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From library of the Abate Luigi Celotti (ca. 1768-ca. 1846); his sale, Sotheby's, 14 March 1825, n. 208 to Thomas Thorpe; pencilled number "85" on front pastedown; "200" and "3/3/0" pencilled on back pastedown probably refer to catalogue number and sale price of Thomas Thorpe; Sir Thomas Phillipps' Middle Hill stamp on front pastedown and "Phillipps MS 4352" written on front of chart 1. The...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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