Map: Tabula Asiae I
1988.07.0036
Detailed Images
Basic Information
| Artifact Identification | Map: Tabula Asiae I (1988.07.0036) |
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| Classification/ Nomenclature |
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| Artist/Maker | Ptolemy, Claudius: "Universal Geography" (c. 100-170 AD) Sebastian Munster: Cartographer and Editor (1448-1552) Heinrich Petri: Publisher |
| Geographic Location | |
| Period/Date | Renaissance, 1542 CE |
| Culture | European |
Physical Analysis
| Dimension 1 (Height) | 37.5 cm |
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| Dimension 2 (Width) | 29.6 cm |
| Dimension 3 (Depth) | <0.1 cm |
| Weight | 8 g |
| Measuring Remarks | None |
| Materials | paper, pigment--ink |
| Manufacturing Processes | Printed |
| Munsell Color Information | white (2.5y 8/2 ) -ns black ( 10yr 6/1 ) -ns black ( 10yr 2.5/1) -ns |
Research Remarks
| Published Description | Munster was, I believe a Swiss professor and early mapmaker following in the style of Ptolemy. |
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| Description | N/A |
| Comparanda | Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. "Tabula Asiae I" by Sebastien Munster. Basle: 1542.
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| 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.
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Artifact History
| Archaeological Data | N/A |
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| 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 |