Map Folio: Africa Tabula I (West Africa)
1996.26.0069
Detailed Images
Basic Information
| Artifact Identification | Map Folio: Africa Tabula I (West Africa) (1996.26.0069) |
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| Classification/ Nomenclature |
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| Artist/Maker | Ptolemy, Claudius Author Johann Gruninger (1455-1532) Publisher Willibald Pirckheimer: Translator Joannes Regiomontanus: Annotations |
| Geographic Location |
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| Period/Date | 1525 CE |
| Culture | N/A |
Physical Analysis
| Dimension 1 (N/A) | 38.0 cm |
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| Dimension 2 (N/A) | 49.2 cm |
| Dimension 3 (N/A) | N/A |
| Weight | 17 g |
| Measuring Remarks | None |
| Materials | paper, pigment--ink |
| Manufacturing Processes | Printed |
| Munsell Color Information | waived |
Research Remarks
| Published Description | Folio is two - sided. One side is the map, the other is two printed pages, the text of which is in Latin. The folio was folded down the center and was once part of a book. |
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| Description | N/A |
| Comparanda | Normal B. Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library. "Tabula I Aphri" by Ptolemy. Strausbourg: Johann Gruninger, 1525. http://maps.bpl.org/id/15063 see 1996.26.0070. |
| Bibliography | Ptolemy. "Claudii Ptolemaei Geographicae enarrationis libri octo." Willibald Pirckheimer, trans. Joannes Regiomontanus, annot. Strasbourg: Johannes Grieningerus, 1525. |
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 |