Map: Asiae I Tabvla
1988.07.0048
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Basic Information
| Artifact Identification | Map: Asiae I Tabvla (1988.07.0048) |
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| Classification/ Nomenclature |
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| Artist/Maker | Bertius, Petrus: Editor (1565-1629) (after) Ptolemy's "Geographia" from Gerard Mercator's 1578 edition maps. Isaac Elzevir: Printer (Leiden) (1596-1615) Jodocus Hondius: Publisher (Amsterdam) (1594/5-1629) |
| Geographic Location | |
| Period/Date | Reformation, 1618 |
| Culture | Dutch |
Physical Analysis
| Dimension 1 (Width) | 52.2 cm |
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| Dimension 2 (Height) | 41.0 cm |
| Dimension 3 (Depth) | <0.1 cm |
| Weight | 17 g |
| Measuring Remarks | None |
| Materials | Paper, Pigment |
| Manufacturing Processes | Hand Coloring, Printing |
| Munsell Color Information | black (n 2.5/0 ) -ns yellow ( 10yr 7/8 ) -ns green ( 5g 7/2) -ns |
Research Remarks
| Published Description | Map of Asia, Outline color and tinting: yellow, red, green, blue. Map is in Latin. It has several small illustrations along the bottom. A measurement marker, in yellow surrounds map. Map was once folded as book; back of map has text. |
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| Description | N/A |
| Comparanda | see 1988.07.0047
Map:
University of Melbourne Library. "Asiae I Tab." by Petrus Bertius.
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| Bibliography | Newberry Library Cartographic Catalog. Theatrum Geographiae Veteris by Bertius, Ptolemy, Mercator. Amsterdam and Leiden: J. Hondius, 1618.
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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 |