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[Ptolemy map of the World]
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Lord Nicolas the German (Donnus Nicholas Germanus), cartographer
Johann the Blockcutter of Armsheim (Johannes Schnitzer or Johannes de Armssheim), engraver
Author
Ptolemy
Jacobus Angelus, translator
Title
[Ptolemy map of the World]
Description
The world map from Leinhart Holle's 1482 edition of Nicolaus Germanus's emendations to Jacobus Angelus's 1406 Latin translation of Maximus Planudes's late-13th century rediscovered Greek manuscripts of Ptolemy's 2nd-century Geography.
Date 1482
date QS:P571,+1482-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions 35mm slide
Accession number
Auct. P 1.4, fol. 3r
Notes Single slide B555; Source filename: BOD: Auct. P 1.4
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