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Summary
[Ptolemy map of the World] | |||
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Artist |
Lord Nicolas the German (Donnus Nicholas Germanus), cartographer Johann the Blockcutter of Armsheim (Johannes Schnitzer or Johannes de Armssheim), engraver |
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Title |
[Ptolemy map of the World] |
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Description |
The world map from Leinhart Holle's 1482 edition of Nicolaus Germanus's emendations to Jacobus Angelus's 1406 Latin translation of Maximus Planudes's late-13th century rediscovered Greek manuscripts of Ptolemy's 2nd-century Geography. |
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Date |
1482 date QS:P571,+1482-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Dimensions | 35mm slide | ||
Accession number |
Auct. P 1.4, fol. 3r |
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Notes | Single slide B555; Source filename: BOD: Auct. P 1.4 | ||
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