Newberry Library, VAULT oversize Ayer MS 1903
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS18277
- Shelfmark:
- VAULT oversize Ayer MS 1903
- Title:
- Map of unidentified place, probably in central Mexico
- Date:
- between 1500 and 1599
- Language:
- nah
- Material:
- hand col.
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 1 ms. map : hand col. ; on sheet 398 x 409 mm.
- Former Owner(s):
- Waldeck, Frédéric de, 1766-1875
- Note:
- Manuscript map of Indian origin from the 16th century.
Colored inks (black, blue, green, brown) on amatl paper.
Relief shown pictorially.
Map removed from paper backing (44 x 47 cm.) with assorted annotations on both sides. Annotations indicate a price of 10 piastres, include the numbers 124 (lined out) and 141, and the following, probably written by Ayer: "Map showing houses, mountains, river, etc. Good ms.-- Plancarte."
Forms part of both the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Map Collection and the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library).
Possibly part of Frederic de Waldeck's collection of Mexican pictorial mss. The Handbook of Middle American Indians notes that it was also owned by "Latroupelignire," while Howard Cline attributes provenance to "Latroupe Ligniere" in HMAI Working Papers 18. Subsequently acquired by Edward E. Ayer. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma991217368805867
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://collections.newberry.org/IIIF3/Presentation/Manifest/2KXJ8ZSQGH0NJ
- Holding Institution:
