Map: Persiae Regnum Sive Sophoru Imperium

1988.07.0038

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Artifact Identification Map: Persiae Regnum Sive Sophoru Imperium   (1988.07.0038)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Documentary Artifacts
  4. :
  5. Graphic Documents
Artist/Maker Quad, Matthias: Cartographer, engraver (1557-1613) Johannes Bussemacher: Publisher (working c. 1580-1613)
Geographic Location
Period/Date Renaissance, 1608 CE
Culture N/A

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Width) 35.6 cm
Dimension 2 (Height) 26.7 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) <0.1 cm
Weight 6 g
Measuring Remarks None
Materials paper, pigment--ink
Manufacturing Processes Printed
Munsell Color Information white (10yr 8/3 ) -ns black ( 10yr 2.5/1) -ns

Research Remarks

Published Description N/A
Description N/A
Comparanda

Heinrich Heine Universitat Dusseldorf. Digital Collections. "Persiae Regnum Sive Sophoru Imperium" by Quad. Printed by Bussemacher. From Facilus Geographicus. Coln am Rhein: Buxmacher, 1608. Peter Harrington Gallery. "Persiae Regnum Sive Sophoru Imperium" by Quad. Printed by Bussemacher. From Fascilus Geographicus. Cologne: 1608. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. "Persiae Regnum Sive Sophoru Imperium" by Quad. Cologne: Johann Bussemachaer, 1600.

Bibliography

Quad, Matthias and Johann Bussemacher. Geographisch Handbuch: In Welchem Die Gelegenheit Der Vornembsten... Section 1. Coln am Rein: Buxemacher, 1600. Accessed on Google Books Bagrow, Leo. History of Cartography. pg. 266. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2010. Accessed on Google Books.

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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