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2 sheets. [Portolan atlas]. Latin. 1, Mediterranean Sea; 2, Aegean Sea. Title from printed catalog. Support: Parchment. Layout: Borders are narrow yellow bands outlined with double ruled black lines. The two sheets are separate, not formed into a gathering. Other Decoration: Black and red ink for nomenclature in a minuscule script with area names in display script; land masses outlined in black ink on chart 1 and in colors on chart 2, larger islands outlined in color and smaller islands painted red, blue or green on both charts and in gold on chart 2; chart 1 has 13 compass roses and chart 2, 14; usual 32 rhumb line network in black, red, and green ink for the principal directions; no latitude or longitude; 2 scales of distance on chart 1 with one in a cartouche surmounted by an elaborate plume design, chart 2 has the same plume design above a row of dots to indicate distance; chart 1 is highly decorated, chart 2 has no illustrations but is brightly colored. Measurements given above are for Chart 1; those of Chart 2 are 397 x 551. Probably made toward the end of the 16th century in Majorca, judging from linguistic characteristics. Probably made by a member of the Oliva family according to letter on file from H. Derek Howse of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. Assigned Date: s. XVI4/4. Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 1/14/2012. Cataloged from existing description: C. W. Dutschke with the assistance of R. H. Rouse et al., Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Huntington Library (San Marino, 1989). Unbound: each chart is backed by another sheet of parchment, folded and placed in a nineteenth century red morocco blind tooled case. HM 42. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.
Sold (1868) by Boone (?) to Henry Huth. Ex libris of Henry Huth (1815-78) and note "Portolano (3) p. 1171 " on front pastedown; The Huth Library (1880) pt. 4, 1171 .
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