Portolan atlas

Description

Title: Portolan atlas
Creator: Agnese, Battista, active 16th century
Published / Created: 1559
Publication Place: Venice
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment of an atlas produced by the Genoese cartographer Battista Agnese (1514-1564) in Venice
Description: In Latin and Italian.
Script: inscriptions in black or red ink in Humanistica Cursiva under Gothic influence, and in Capitalis (the latter sometimes in gold).
Shield in yellow and blue with "Cosmo-Grra-Phia" in red. The maps show varying degrees of colouring.
An atlas produced by the Genoese cartographer Battista Agnese (1514-1564) in Venice. Includes 23 maps in various colors, with many representations of people, ships, and landmarks.
Binding: de luxe binding, 19th or 20th century, by Rivière & Son: gold-tooled red morocco over pasteboard; gold-tooled title on spine:"PORTOLANO / DA / BATTISTA / AGNESE", and at the bottom: "1559".
Provenance: Bequest of Henry C. Taylor, 1971.
Extent: ff. 26 : 250 x 185 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin
Italian

Genre: Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Renaissance Italy 16th century
Portolanos Italy 16th century
Portolan charts Italy 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: text
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Agnese, Battista, active 16th century.
Subject (Topic): Atlases
Cosmography
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript maps
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Agnese, Battista, active 16th century
Atlases > Early works to 1800
Cosmography > Early works to 1800
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript maps
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Italy > 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Battista Agnese, Portolan Atlas. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.