Ptolemy, active 2nd century, Sexta Europe tabula, [1486]
- Title(s):
- Sexta Europe tabula.
- Additional Title(s):
- Sexta Evrope tabvla
- Published/Created:
- [Ulm] : [Lienhart Hol], [1486]
- Physical Description:
- 1 map : woodcut ; 34 x 54 cm, on sheet 41 x 57 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio C 2010 1dYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/12281564
- Classification:
- Maps & Atlas (printed)
- Scale:
- Scale not given
- Notes:
- Woodcut probably by Johannes Schnitzer, who is known to have engraved the world map in the same atlas.
Relief shown pictorially.
Includes names of places and natural features.
In margin: climatic and latitudinal notes.
BAC: British Art Center copy is hand-colored.
Map of Italy and Corsica, from Ptolemy's Cosmographia, printed by Lienhart Hol at Ulm in 1486. - Subject Terms:
- Italy -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
- Form/Genre:
- Maps -- Italy.
Woodcuts -- 1486. - Export:
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