Map: Het Beloofde Landt Canaan door wandelt van onsen Salichmaecker lesu Christo neffens syne Apostelen
1989.11.0017
Detailed Images
Basic Information
| Artifact Identification | Map: Het Beloofde Landt Canaan door wandelt van onsen Salichmaecker lesu Christo neffens syne Apostelen (1989.11.0017) |
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| Classification/ Nomenclature |
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| Artist/Maker | Nicolaes (Nicolaus) Visscher Family of Cartographers, sometimes written Claes Janszoon Visscher 3 generations: I (1587-1652), II (1618-1657), III (1649-1709) A. Broeck: Engraver (possibly Abraham ?) |
| Geographic Location | |
| Period/Date | 1650 CE ? |
| Culture | Dutch |
Physical Analysis
| Dimension 1 (Length) | 40.3 cm |
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| Dimension 2 (Width) | 49.1 cm |
| Dimension 3 (Depth) | <0.1 cm |
| Weight | N/A |
| Measuring Remarks | None |
| Materials | Paper--rag, Pigment--ink |
| Manufacturing Processes | Printed |
| Munsell Color Information | (5yr8/3) -ns pink. black ( 5yr2.5/1) -ns Yellowish Gray (10yr 8.5/2)-background left Dark Grayish Yellowish Brown (10yr 2/2)-Stain length of page Dark Grayish Brown (7.5yr 2/2)-lettering "Joodschen..." |
Research Remarks
| Published Description | Cartographer: Visscher family. The Mediterranean is at the top of the map. The lower border is decorated with religious scenes. Language is Dutch. |
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| Description | N/A |
| Comparanda | Holy Land Maps. "Het Beloofde Landt Canaan..." by the Visscher family. Amsterdam, 1650? |
| Bibliography | Laor, Eran. Maps of the Holy Land: Cartobibliography of Printed Maps, 1475-1900. New York: A. R. Liss, 1986. Catalog #791, 809, 810. |
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 |