Map: Tabula Africae III

1988.07.0022

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Artifact Identification Map: Tabula Africae III   (1988.07.0022)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Documentary Artifacts
  4. :
  5. Graphic Documents
Artist/Maker Ptolemy's Universal Geography (c. 100-170 AD) Moletius, Josephus: Editor Vincenzo Valgrisi: Printer (d. 1574)
Geographic Location
Period Renaissance
Date 1562 CE
Culture Italian, Venetian
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Width) 28.5 cm
Dimension 2 (Height) 21.5 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) <0.1 cm
Weight 5 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Paper, Pigment--ink
Manufacturing Processes Printed

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Stevens, Henry Newton and Edward Everett Ayer. Ptolemy's geography: a brief account of all the printed editions down to 1730... pg. 51. London: Stevens, Son and Stiles, 1908.

Artifact History

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

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