Accession number:
MS M.506
Title:
Portolan atlas
Created:
France, ca. 1546
Binding:
French half-red morocco, ca. 1850.
Credit:
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1911.
Description:
12 leaves : vellum, ill. ; 330 x 260 mm
Provenance:
Belonged to J.F.A. Peyré, magistrate of Villefrance near Lyon in 1866 (his motto, semper aliquid, on fol. 7v; curatorial folder contains correspondence in his hand); Leo S. Olschki; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Leo S. Olschki in 1912; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes:
Ms. atlas; written and illuminated in France, ca. 1546.
Cartographer: once attributed to Pierre Desceliers, but various scholars have suggested that the prototype was taken from Nicolas Desliens.
Decoration: 6 illuminated maps decorated with windroses, ships, mountains, cities, forests, etc.
Script:
semi-cursive script
Language:
French
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