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Descriptio orae maritimae Frisiae orientalis et occidentalis
Title
Descriptio orae maritimae Frisiae orientalis et occidentalis.
Created
Leyden, [ca. 1592]
Physical Description
ff. iii + 43 : paper ; 395 x 455 mm.
Language
Dutch
Notes
Script: copied by one hand in calligraphic Humanistic cursive script. The scribe's knowledge of Latin was defective.
The illustration consists of two maps and numerous profiles of coastal landmarks, all in coloured pen and ink drawings. The profiles are copied from the woodcuts in the printed edition.
Binding: contemporary Dutch parchment binding, gold-tooled. On the flat spine the handwritten inscription in Southern Gothica Textualis: “Carta del navigare del mare Oceano”.
In Dutch and Latin.
Record created by Beinecke staff from catalog description by Albert Derolez.
Provenance
This is the only known copy of the partial Latin translation of Waghenaer's Thresoor. According to the inscription on the spine it seems to have been made for an Italian commissioner. Henry C. Taylor Collection, New York, no. 9. Bequest of Henry C. Taylor, 1971.
Access and use
Material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript on paper of Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer, Descriptio Orae Maritimae Frisiae. With 2 maps on vellum: the first, with Dutch place names and Latin legend, shows the coast of the Netherlands. The other, also in Dutch, shows the southern coast of England.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
December 13, 2010
References
Kebabian, J.S. Henry C. Taylor collection, 9
Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer, Descriptio Orae Maritimae Frisiae. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer, Descriptio Orae Maritimae Frisiae. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Renaissance - Netherlands - 16th century.
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