The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, mssHM 46

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS9789

Shelfmark:

mssHM 46

Title:

Portolan chart ; Nautical almanac, French; cartographic material

Portolan chart

Author:

Brouscon, Guillaume

Guillaume Brouscon WIKIDATA

Place:

Le Conquet

Le Conquet TGN

Date:

between 1540 and 1560

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: ff. 20.

Note:

Title from printed catalog.
In two parts, the first containing the Portolan chart and the second the Nautical almanac.
Part 1. Span folios: f. 1r-v. Support: Parchment. Layout: Border is highly colored with acanthus leaves and figures. Other Decoration: Black ink for nomenclature in a minuscule script with area names in display script; land masses outlined in green with islands painted red, blue, gold, or silver; 12 elaborate compass roses with usual 32 rhumb line network in black, red, and green ink for the...
Part 2. Span folios: ff. 1-20v. Support: Paper and Parchment. Layout: 16(-1) 2-34 48(-1). Ruled borders in black ink. Other Decoration: Black and red ink for nomenclature in a minuscule script on charts (ff. 5v-7) with area names in display script; no rhumb lines, latitude, longitude, or distance markings; black, red, and blue ink for tables; small illustrations in table on f. 7v.
Assigned Date: s. XVImed.
Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 1/14/2012.
On the extension of the world map originally bound into the front of the volume are the arms of Artus de Cossé, Maréchal de France (1512-82), the first owner (?); his name is pencilled below the coat of arms, and arms are described on flyleaf of the volume by a later owner. Given by a Dr. Moore (of Paris) ca. 1850 to Joseph Brooks Yates (1780-1855). Bequeathed by him to Henry Yates Thompson...

Keyword:

nautical charts

France

Sixteenth century

Atlases (Geographic)

portolanos

manuscripts (documents)

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862019

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Holding Institution:

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens