Freducci, Conte di Ottomano, active 1497-1539, cartographer
Published / Created:
[1536?]
Call Number:
Covers 49 +1536
Image Count:
6
Resource Type:
cartographic image
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Pen-and-ink in black, red, blue, green, and gold., Four charts, each measuring 33 x 43 cm, mounted on composite boards and edged with vellum, bound in boards covered by blue cloth with label pasted on front cover (No. [1906/242 in manuscript])., and Inscription on third chart (Mediterranean region from the Strait of Gibraltar to the coast of Greece), "Yhs ma [ver]go Conte freducci de ancona la facta nela[n]no MCCCCCXXXVJ."
Publisher:
Conte di Ottomano Freducci
Subject (Geographic):
Mediterranean Region, North Atlantic Ocean, and Baltic Sea
A coat of arms which appears to be propped up against a leafed tree. A large beehive with several bees takes up most of the shield, and a lion holding a crescent is at the top. To the left of the shield is a caduceus; to the right is a globe and an open book. Below is the motto Non Vi Sed Arte.
Subject (Name):
Beatty, James
Subject (Topic):
Books, Caduceus, Globes, Lions, Maps, Nature, Physicians, and Shields
BEIN Art Storage 49cea 1425: Imperfect: lower left corner and bottom edge torn, with some loss of map; slight holes throughout. With leather thone tie on left edge., Portolan chart with seaport names given for all coastlines., Title devised by cataloger., Pen-and-ink in black, red, blue and green., Constantinople shown still in Christian possession; Thrace in possession of the Turks., Contains two compass roses., and Decoration: city views with banners.
BEIN 2014 +260: Imperfect: title page slightly mutilated, and repaired, with no loss of text. Unidentified stamp on title page. Printed label pasted at foot of title page: Musaei, Joannis Baptistae Visi Mantuani. Some manuscript annotations in text. Bookplate: From the collection of Laura K. and Valerian Lada-Mocarski. Bookseller's label: C.E. Rappaport ... Roma., In Latin., Imprint from colophon., Signatures: a-s⁶ t⁴ u⁶., Title vignette (printer's device); numerous large and small historiated woodcut initials., Illustrated with 8 woodcuts attributed to Jost Amman; 3 woodcut maps, including the originally published map of Russia from Finland to the Caspian, a pictorial version of the same area, and a plan of the walled citadel of Moscow; and a genealogical tree, compiled by Herberstein, and dated 1553, showing descendants of the royal houses of Spain and Austria., and Includes index.
Peutinger table and Tabvla itineraria ex illvstri Pevtingerorvm Bibliotheca
Description:
BEIN 2016 +333: Imperfect: title panel mutilated, with some loss of text. Sheets joined together to form a roll; backed in linen., Relief shown pictorially., "MD" in publication date in apostrophic forms., Appears in Ortelius' Theatri Orbis Terrarum Parergon. Antwerp, 1624., and "Peutinger Table: Road map of Western Roman Empire about 250 A.D. bought by Conrad Peutinger and published in Venice by Aldus in 1591 (2 sections only), in Antwerp 1598 (12 sections) ... The only record of Roman map making that has survived to the present day."--Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers. New York, 1979.
Manuscript on parchment of an outline map of Europe, Africa, Asia, the surrounding seas and the islands including Iceland, Greenland, and "Vinland," which resembles the coastline of northern North America, with identifying legends. Known as the "Vinland Map," at the time it was acquired by Yale it was considered to be the earliest European map of any portion of the Western Hemisphere. The authenticity of the map was the subject of considerable debate for decades. Extensive scientific testing sponsored by Yale University in 2021, conclusively demonstrated that the map is a modern forgery and Originally the Vinland Map, Speculum historiale (Beinecke MS 350), and Hystoria Tartarorum (Beinecke MS 350A.1) were bound together in that order in a single volume, as is indicated by the patterns of the wormholes
