Map Folio: Tabula Africa II, North Africa

1996.26.0070

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Artifact Identification Map Folio: Tabula Africa II, North Africa   (1996.26.0070)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Documentary Artifacts
  4. :
  5. Graphic Documents
Artist/Maker Ptolemy, Claudius Author Johann Gruninger (1455-1532) Publisher Willibald Pirckheimer: Translator Joannes Regiomontanus: Annotations
Geographic Location
Period/Date 1525 CE
Culture N/A

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Width) 50.0 cm
Dimension 2 (Height) 38.0 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) <0.1 cm
Weight 15 g
Measuring Remarks None
Materials Paper, pigment--ink
Manufacturing Processes Printed
Munsell Color Information waived

Research Remarks

Published 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.

Description N/A
Comparanda

see 1996.26.0069.

Bibliography

Ptolemy. "Claudii Ptolemaei Geographicae enarrationis libri octo." Willibald Pirckheimer, trans. Joannes Regiomontanus, annot. Strasbourg: Johannes Grieningerus, 1525.

Artifact History

Archaeological Data N/A
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

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