Map: Syria & Palestina
1989.11.0024
Detailed Images
Basic Information
| Artifact Identification | Map: Syria & Palestina (1989.11.0024) |
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| Classification/ Nomenclature |
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| Artist/Maker | Munster, Sebastian (1488-1552) Heinrich Petri: Publisher |
| Geographic Location | |
| Period/Date | Renaissance, 1559 CE |
| Culture | Swiss |
Physical Analysis
| Dimension 1 (N/A) | 29.60 cm |
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| Dimension 2 (N/A) | 19.00 cm |
| Dimension 3 (N/A) | N/A |
| Weight | 3.0 g |
| Measuring Remarks | None |
| Materials | Paper--rag, Pigment--ink |
| Manufacturing Processes | Printed |
| Munsell Color Information | pinkish-white (5yr8/2) -ns black ( 5yr2.5/1) -ns Yellowish White (10yr 9/1.5)-background Black (N 2.25/ 3.8% R)-printing |
Research Remarks
| Published Description | Cartographer: Munster. Maps on both sides. Munster was a professor in Basel, Switzerland and produced an early German atlas, Cosmographia. Language of the map is Latin. |
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| Description | N/A |
| Comparanda | Publication:
Bonhams. Cosmographiae Universalis lib. VI by Sebastian Munster. Basel: Heinrich Petri, 1559. |
| Bibliography | Encyclopedia Britannica Micropedia. Volume VII. P.104. "Munster, Sebastian." (1989 or earlier edition)
Hunter, Dard. Papermaking, P.478. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1957.
Mickiwitz, Ann-Mari, et al. The A.E. Nordenskiold collection in the Helsinki University Library. Vol. 2 P. 85, Map No. 120. University of Helsinki, 1981.
WorldCat. Cosmographiae Universalis lib. VI by Sebastian Munster. Basileae: apud H. Petri, 1559. |
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 |