Portolan atlas, French; cartographic material (DS9778) (Q43338)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18620085, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862008, mssHM 34)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Portolan atlas, French; cartographic material (DS9778) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18620085, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862008, mssHM 34) |
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Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872
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Atlases (Geographic)--France--17th century
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Atlases (Geographic)--France--16th century
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Portolanos--France--16th century
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Portolanos--France--17th century
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between 1590 and 1610
16. century
17. century
1590
1610
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Extent: ff. 5 : parchment ; 211 x 310 mm
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Title from printed catalog.
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Support: Parchment.
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Layout: Bifolia attached sequentially. Black band borders.
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Span folios: ff. 1-5v.
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Other Decoration: Black and red ink for nomenclature in a minuscule script with area names in display script; land masses outlined in color, islands painted gold, green, blue, or red; each chart has from 3 to 14 compass roses with usual 32 rhumb line network with black, red, and green ink for the principal directions; no latitude or longitude; unnumbered scale of distance on each chart...
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Probably made ca. 1600 in France from an Italian prototype, since cities are in Italianate form while area names are in French. Probably made by a member of the Oliva family according to letter on file from H. Derek Howse of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
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Assigned Date: s. XVI/XVII.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 1/14/2012.
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First chart bears pencilled letters "MHC" and "Libri 475" indicating the sale of Guglielmo Libri (1803-69), Sotheby's, 28 July 1862, n. 475 to Jackson. Sir Thomas Phillipps' n. 16406 written on first chart.
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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