Map: Tabula Asiae I

1988.07.0036

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Artifact Identification Map: Tabula Asiae I   (1988.07.0036)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Documentary Artifacts
  4. :
  5. Graphic Documents
Artist/Maker Ptolemy, Claudius: "Universal Geography" (c. 100-170 AD) Sebastian Munster: Cartographer and Editor (1448-1552) Heinrich Petri: Publisher
Geographic Location
Period Renaissance
Date 1542 CE
Culture European
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Height) 37.5 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 29.6 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) <0.1 cm
Weight 8 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials paper, pigment--ink
Manufacturing Processes Printed

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description Under Review
Bibliography

McLean, Matthew. The Cosmographia of Sebastian Munster: Describing the World in the Reformation. Pg. 168. Hampshire: Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 2013. Accessed on Google Books.

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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