Map: Figura del Mondo Universale
1988.07.0037
Basic Information
| Artifact Identification | Map: Figura del Mondo Universale (1988.07.0037) |
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| Classification/ Nomenclature |
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| Artist/Maker | Ptolemy, Claudius (c. 100-170 AD) Sebastian Munster: Cartographer and Editor (1448-1552) Heinrich Petri: Publisher, 1558 |
| Geographic Location | |
| Period/Date | 1558 |
| Culture | N/A |
Physical Analysis
| Dimension 1 (Width) | 38.4 cm |
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| Dimension 2 (Height) | 28.3 cm |
| Dimension 3 (N/A) | N/A |
| Weight | 6 g |
| Measuring Remarks | None |
| Materials | paper--rag, pigment--ink, paint |
| Manufacturing Processes | Printed |
| Munsell Color Information | waived |
Research Remarks
| Published Description | N/A |
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| Description | N/A |
| Comparanda | Stanford University Libraries. "Altera Generalis Tab. Secundum Ptol." by Munster. German ed. of Cosmographia. Basel: 1550. <http://insight.stanford.edu/luna/servlet/detail/Stanford~6~1~10161~228:Altera-Generalis-Tab--Secundum-Ptol?qvq=q:%3D%22Cosmographia%2B(1550)%22;lc:Stanford~11~1,Stanford~6~1,Stanford~3~1,Stanford~4~1&mi=0&trs=3> Old World Auctions. "Figura del Mondo Universale" by Sebastian Munster. Italian ed. 1558. <http://www.oldworldauctions.com/archives/detail/113-045.htm> |
| Bibliography | McLean, Matthew. The Cosmographia of Sebastian Munster: Describing the World in the Reformation. Pg. 174. Hampshire: Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 2013. Accessed on Google Books. <http://books.google.com/books?id=XAWiAgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false> |
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 |