Newberry Library, VAULT oversize Ayer MS map 15

Metadata

DS ID:

DS17903

Shelfmark:

VAULT oversize Ayer MS map 15

Title:

Manuscript portolan chart of the Mediterranean and Black Seas] /

Portolan chart

Author:

Millo, Antonio

Antonio Millo WIKIDATA

Date:

M D LXVII [1567

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

ita

Italian WIKIDATA

Material:

hand col., vellum

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 ms. map : hand col., vellum ; 519 x 910 mm., on sheet 566 x 928 mm.

Note:

Compiled by Antonio Millo, a Greek admiral of the Venetian Republic active as a chartmaker between 1557-1586. See Tolias, Giórgos. The Greek portolan charts : 15th-17th centuries (Athens: Olkos, 1999) p. 40+ ; cf. Millo, Antonio. Der Weltatlas des Antonio Millo von 1586. (Süssen: Ed. Deuschle; Weinheim: VCH, Acta Humaniora, 1988).
Includes vignette of the crucifixion of Christ (90 x 39 mm.)
Pen-and-ink and paint (green, red, blue, yellow).
Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Map Collection (Newberry Library).

Keyword:

Nautical charts

Black Sea

Early works

Mediterranean Sea

Maps

Crucifixion of Jesus Christ

Pictorial works

Manuscript maps

Institutional Record:

https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma993118158805867

Holding Institution:

Newberry Library