Map: Asia Minor (Turkey)

1988.07.0010

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification Map: Asia Minor (Turkey)   (1988.07.0010)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Documentary Artifacts
  4. :
  5. Graphic Documents
Artist/Maker Solinus, Caius Julius & Pomponius Mela: Authors With commentary by Sebastian Munster and commentary by Pedro Juan Oliver (1543 2nd edition only) Publisher: Michael Isengrin (?)
Geographic Location
Period/Date Renaissance, 1540 CE
Culture N/A

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Height) 29.9 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 19.7 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 0.1 cm
Weight 39 g
Measuring Remarks None
Materials Paper, Pigment--Ink
Manufacturing Processes Printing,
Munsell Color Information waived

Research Remarks

Published Description N/A
Description N/A
Comparanda

Swaen. [Map of Turkey] by Mela / Solinus, Basle: Michael Isengrin, 1544. http://www.swaen.com/item.php?id=19204

Bibliography

"Pomponius Mela." Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Academic Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2014. Web. 17 Jul. 2014. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/373603/Pomponius-Mela

Artifact History

Archaeological Data N/A
Credit Line/Dedication The Seymour and Muriel Yale Collection of Coins of the Ottoman Empire and Other Middle East States
Reproduction no
Reproduction Information N/A

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