Accession number:
MS M.501
Title:
Portolan atlas
Created:
Venice, Italy, 1560.
Binding:
Venetian 16th-century dark red morocco over boards, gilt tooled; in slip case made by Marguerite Duprez Lahey.
Credit:
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1912.
Description:
8 leaves, bound : vellum, ill. ; 370 x 250 mm
Provenance:
Leo S. Olschki; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Olschki in 1912; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes:
Ms. atlas; written and illuminated in Venice, Italy, and completed in 1560 (dated on fol. 1).
Scribe: Diogo Homen.
Decoration: 7 colored charts with gold and silver details; 20 windroses.
Script:
textura
Language:
Portuguese and Latin
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