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Portolan atlas.

Title
Portolan atlas.
Author
Agnese, Battista, active 16th century
Publication
Venice, Italy, approximately 1552.

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Additional Authors
  • Agnese, Battista, active 16th century
  • New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 5.
Description
1 volume (20 leaves) : parchment , ink, manuscript, illuminations; 255 x 179 mm
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Manuscripts – Italy – 16th century.
  • vellum (parchment)
  • illuminated manuscripts.
  • Morocco bindings (Binding) – Italy – 16th century.
  • Gold tooled bindings (Binding) – Italy – Venice – 16th century.
  • Manuscripts.
  • Maps.
  • Atlases.
  • portolanos.
  • Early works.
  • Portolan charts.
Note
  • Henry Wagner dates this manuscript to ca. 1552, written and illuminated in Venice. Wagner draws his date in part from features in maps 1 & 4, including the presence of Baja California, and the joining of England and Scotland into one land mass.
  • Layout: Text on ff. 19v-20 in long lines, ruled in drypoint, some prickmarks visible
  • Decoration: Charts and maps in various colors, rubrics. Occasional animal and human figures in charts and maps; wind heads
  • Form: Constructed of bifolia, pasted together with the second verso of one bifolium attached to the first recto of the subsequent bifolium.
  • Script: Humanistic; capitals; cancelleresca.
  • Artist: Battista Agnese.
  • Incipit: Antiqui cognoverunt quod centrum rotunditatis terre.
  • Explicit: Et est ambitus concave sphere stelate.
  • Incipit and explicit are on a single opening, ff. 19v-20r.
Access (note)
  • Restricted use.
Indexed In (note)
  • The Splendor of the Word. (ed.) J. G. Alexander, J. H. Marrow, L. F. Sandler (NYPL / Harvey Miller, 2005)
  • Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts / Seymour de Ricci. New York, 1937
Cite As (note)
  • NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 5
Language (note)
  • In Latin.
Provenance (note)
  • Perhaps commissioned by German patron. Coat of arms on f. 2 are probably those of the Neunstein branch of the Hohenlohe family, perhaps those of Count Georg von Hohenlohe-Weikersheim (d. 1551). Purchased in 1920 from Josef Baer & Co., Frankfurt.
Binding (note)
  • Bound in contemporary red morocco over boards, with gilt decorations and four short leather straps with bronz clasps. Compass sunk into back pastedown.
Source of Description (note)
  • Part of the description used is from Digital Scriptorium 1.0
Call Number
Spencer Coll. MS. 5
OCLC
1336506313
Author
Agnese, Battista, active 16th century, scribe.
Title
Portolan atlas.
Imprint
Venice, Italy, approximately 1552.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Access
Restricted use. Requires permission for access.
Indexed In:
The Splendor of the Word. (ed.) J. G. Alexander, J. H. Marrow, L. F. Sandler (NYPL / Harvey Miller, 2005), n. 78.
Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts / Seymour de Ricci. New York, 1937, p. 1336, no. 5.
Cite As:
NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 5
Language
In Latin.
Provenance
Perhaps commissioned by German patron. Coat of arms on f. 2 are probably those of the Neunstein branch of the Hohenlohe family, perhaps those of Count Georg von Hohenlohe-Weikersheim (d. 1551). Purchased in 1920 from Josef Baer & Co., Frankfurt.
Binding
Bound in contemporary red morocco over boards, with gilt decorations and four short leather straps with bronz clasps. Compass sunk into back pastedown.
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Place of Publication
Italy Venice
Added Author
Agnese, Battista, active 16th century, illuminator.
New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 5.
Research Call Number
Spencer Coll. MS. 5
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