Portolan atlas, Portuguese; cartographic material (DS9785) (Q43359)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18620152, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862015, mssHM 41)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Portolan atlas, Portuguese; cartographic material (DS9785) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18620152, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862015, mssHM 41) |
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Dourado, Fernando Vaz, active 16th century
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Huth, Henry, 1815-1878
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Atlases (Geographic)--Goa (India : State)--16th century
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Portolanos--Goa (India : State)--16th century
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between 1550 and 1575
16. century
1550Gregorian
1575Gregorian
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Extent: ff. 40 : parchment ; 271 x 411 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. Wide borders decorated with floral designs and legends.
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Other Decoration: Black and red ink for nomenclature in a minuscule script with area names in square capitals and cosmographic data on f. 18 in round gothic hand; land masses outlined in color with islands painted gold, red, blue, or green; 1 to 3 elaborate compass roses on each chart with usual 32 rhumb line network in black, red, and green ink for the principal directions; numbered latitude...
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Produced ca. 1570, probably in Goa where the cartographer lived until 1571.
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Assigned Date: s. XVI3/4.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 1/14/2012.
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A. H. Huth sale catalogue, pt. VI, n. 5920 lists the manuscript as coming from the Library of the Archbishop of Toledo but Cortesão and Teixeira da Mota in PMC, 3:13-14 feel that this atlas was in the Biblioteca Nacional in Madrid until 1866 but disappeared after being taken to the Paris Exhibition in 1867. Sold in 1874 by Quaritch to Henry Huth (1815-78), whose ex libris is on front...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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