Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Map of Europe, including the British Isles, northern Italy, to eastern Russia]
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Accession number:
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04376
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Record number:
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04376-6
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JCB call number:
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Codex Z 3 / 2-SIZE
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Image title:
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[Map of Europe, including the British Isles, northern Italy, to eastern Russia]
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Place image published:
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[Venice]
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Image date:
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1543-1545
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Image function:
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plate [6]
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Technique:
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manuscript
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Image dimension height:
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20.7 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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27.4 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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25.1 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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32.7 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink, colors, gilt
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Materials support:
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vellum
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Languages:
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Latin
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Description:
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Map of Europe, including the British Isles, northern Italy, to eastern Russia. Includes France, Germany and eastern Europe. Decorative framework includes classical figures and animals.
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Source creator:
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Agnese, Battista, fl. 1530-1564
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Source Title:
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[Atlas of portolan charts]
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Source place of publication:
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[Venice]
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Source date:
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1543-1545
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notes:
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Given by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (Charles I of Spain) to his son, who ruled as Philip II of Spain, this atlas consists of fourteen maps. Agnese, a prolific Genoese mapmaker working in Venice, and his workshop produced a number of decorated manuscript maps. Seventy-one surviving Agnese atlases were identified by Henry R. Wagner in 1931. The decoration on this world map is among the most refined and beautiful of all.
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Time Period:
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1492-1600
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References:
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Wagner, H. R. "Manuscript Atlases of Battista Agnese," Papers of the Bibliographical Soceity of America, XXV (1931), p. 1-110
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1893 by John Nicolas Brown.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
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North America
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Subject Area:
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Geography, maps, city views and plans
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Subject headings:
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World maps
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