Portolan atlas, Italian; cartographic material (DS9777) (Q43335)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18620073, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862007, mssHM 33)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Portolan atlas, Italian; cartographic material (DS9777) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18620073, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862007, mssHM 33) |
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Martines, Joan, 1556-1590
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Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872
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Atlases (Geographic)--Italy--16th century
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Portolanos--Italy--16th century
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between 1575 and 1599
16. century
1575Gregorian
1599
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Extent: ff. 15 : parchment ; 180 x 243 mm
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Title from printed catalog.
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Support: Parchment.
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Layout: Bifolia attached sequentially. Narrow red band for border, generally cropped at bottom edge.
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Other Decoration: Black and red ink for nomenclature in a minuscule script with area names in a display script; land masses outlined in color, with islands painted blue, red, green or gold; either 2 or 3 elaborate compass roses on each chart with usual 32 rhumb line network in black, red and green ink for principal directions; latitude scales on all charts except 2, 3, and 4, no longitude...
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Probably made by Joan Martines in Messina since nomenclature is Italian, and it is clearly in Martines' style, markedly similar to London, British Library, Harley 3450, signed and dated Messina, 1578.
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Assigned Date: s. XVI4/4.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 1/14/2012.
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Back pastedown has "Tn[?]22" in an eighteenth century hand and "1761" on front pastedown. Also on the front pastedown, "CCCLXXXVI," probably from the library of Maffeo Pinelli (1736-85) since a note in Italian on the flyleaf identifies this volume as a nautical chart of the Pinelli library; see J. Morelli, La Libreria già raccolta con grande studio dal signor Maffeo Pinelli (Venice 1787) pt...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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