Lehigh University, Lehigh Codex 12
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- DS ID:
- DS30056
- Shelfmark:
- Lehigh Codex 12
- Title:
- Anon. Portolan charts
- Place:
- Italy
- Date:
- 1500-1599
- Language:
- Latin
- Material:
- Parchment
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 295 x 406 mm bound to 297 x 209 mm; parchment
- Former Owner(s):
- Honeyman, Robert B.
- Note:
- Measurement for page dimension is for the full opening, as the charts are horizontally aligned and span the opening
Binding: Contemporary parchment over paper boards
Layout: All three charts span two pages; dark ink framing around the edges with yellow fill; rhumb lines alternating red and green coming off illuminated compass points; landmasses outlined in dark ink with color overlay
Script: Humanistic cursive
Decoration: Illuminated compass roses on each chart; heraldic shield under a crown on Chart 1; blue medallion containing a crescent moon with a face in profile under a crown on Chart 2; land masses are outlined in green (Europe) brown (currently Turkey) and red (currently Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and Africa) - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0007/html/lehigh_codex_012.html
- Holding Institution:
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