Map: Tabula Asiae III

1988.07.0019

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Artifact Identification Map: Tabula Asiae III   (1988.07.0019)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Documentary Artifacts
  4. :
  5. Graphic Documents
Artist/Maker Ptolemy's Universal Geography (c. 100-170 AD)Ruscelli, Girolamo: Editor /Publisher (c. 1500-1566) Vincenzo Valgrisi: Printer (d. 1574) after an edition by Giacomo Gastaldi (1500-1566)
Geographic Location
Period/Date Renaissance, 1561 CE
Culture Italian, Venetian

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Width) 28.6 cm
Dimension 2 (Height) 21.5 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) <0.1 cm
Weight N/A
Measuring Remarks None
Materials Paper, Pigment--ink
Manufacturing Processes Printed
Munsell Color Information waived

Research Remarks

Published Description N/A
Description N/A
Comparanda

Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. "Tabula Asiae III [Armenia]" by Girolamo Ruscelli. Venice: 1561.

Bibliography

Ptolemaeus, Claudius, Girolamo Ruscelli, and Giuseppe Rosaccio. La Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino. Venice: Sessa, 1599. Accessed on Google Books Online:

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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