Contains five compass roses., Decoration: city views with banners, figures holding armorial shields, animals, and Jesus Christ on the cross flanked by the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene., Includes degrees of latitude along left edge: 18°N to 63°N., Includes two North Atlantic islands "Frislandia" and "Stilanda" in upper left corner and inset map of the world in the lower center., Pen-and-ink in black, red, blue and green., Portolan chart with seaport names given for all coastlines., and Title devised by cataloger; last two numerals of date have been altered.
Subject (Geographic):
Baltic Sea--Maps--Early works to 1800, Mediterranean Sea--Maps--Early works to 1800, and North Atlantic Ocean--Maps--Early works to 1800
Manuscript fragment on parchment of an unidentified text.
Description:
Decoration: appears to be lined or underlined in ink., In Latin., Script: written in a heavily abbreviated bookhand., and This fragment is contained in Zi 466 (Johannes de Lapide, Resolutiorium dubiorum...), in which it is used as the front pastedown.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Manuscript fragment on paper of an unidentified text
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in a bâtarde script., Decoration: capitals heightened in red; red initials and chapter marks in the text., and These fragments, which appear to be from the same manuscript, are contained in Zi 3134 (Bartholomaeus de Chaimis, Confessionale), in which they are used as quire guards and front and back pastedowns.