Map Folio: Tabula Africa II, North Africa
1996.26.0070
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Basic Information
| Artifact Identification | Map Folio: Tabula Africa II, North Africa (1996.26.0070) |
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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 | |
| Period | N/A |
| Date | 1525 CE |
| Culture | N/A |
Physical Analysis
| Dimension 1 (Width) | 50.0 cm |
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| Dimension 2 (Height) | 38.0 cm |
| Dimension 3 (Depth) | <0.1 cm |
| Weight | 15 g |
| Measuring Remarks | N/A |
| Materials | Paper, pigment--ink |
| Manufacturing Processes | Printed |
Research Remarks
| Description | See 1996.26.0069. Folio is a map on one side and is printed with two pages of Latin text on reverse. Folio was folded in half and was once part of a book. |
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| Published Description | Under Review |
| Bibliography | Ptolemy. "Claudii Ptolemaei Geographicae enarrationis libri octo." Willibald Pirckheimer, trans. Joannes Regiomontanus, annot. Strasbourg: Johannes Grieningerus, 1525. |
Artifact History
| Credit Line/Dedication | The Seymour and Muriel Yale Collection of Coins of the Ottoman Empire and Other Middle East States |
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| Reproduction | No |
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