Map: Claudii Ptolemaei Geographicae Enarrationis

1988.07.0039

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Artifact Identification Map: Claudii Ptolemaei Geographicae Enarrationis   (1988.07.0039)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Documentary Artifacts
  4. :
  5. Graphic Documents
Artist/Maker Ptolemy, Claudius (100-170 AD) Petro Montano: Editor Gerardus Mercator: Cartographer (1512-1594) Jodocus Hondius and Cornelio Nicolai: Publishers (1563-1612)
Geographic Location
Period/Date Renaissance, 1605 CE
Culture N/A

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 41.7 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 27.3 cm
Dimension 3 (N/A) N/A
Weight 10 g
Measuring Remarks None
Materials paper, pigment--ink
Manufacturing Processes Printed
Munsell Color Information waived

Research Remarks

Published Description N/A
Description N/A
Comparanda

see bib. Ptolemaeus

Bibliography

Ptolemaeus, Claudius.Geographiae libri VIII graeco-latini, latine primum recogniti et emendati... Edited by Petro Montano. Maps by Gererdum Mercatorem. pg. 137-8. Frankfurti: Hondius, 1605. Accessed on Google Books. New York Public Library. Bulletin of the New York Public Library, Vol. 4. Pg. 67. New York: 1900.

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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