Manuscripts

[Portolan chart], [1516]

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Description: World chart, from the eastern coasts to India. Parchment, f. 1 (full skin); 1020 x 1520 (1010 x 1515 including left extension) mm. Red border at top edged by black band that continues around left side, no borders on bottom or right. Written in Naples and dated 7 May 1516 by Vesconte Maggiolo. Black and red ink for nomenclature in a minuscule hand with area names in gothic script. American coast, Scotland, and England outlined in color (very faded), other land masses in black ink only; 10 compass roses with usual 32 rhumb line network in black, red and green ink for the principal directions; latitude scale numbered from 40° S to 67° N, no longitude; 4 unnumbered scales of distance; decorated with imaginary animals, kings in pavillions, vignettes of cities, banners, 3 wind-heads, and a large medallion of the Virgin and Child.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1516
Call number: mssHM 427
Creator: Maggiolo, Vesconte (active 1504-1549)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Inscribed near top: "Vesconte de Maiollo ianuensis conposuy hanc cartan in Neapoly anno 1516 die vij Maiy". Coat of arms of first owner (?): azure, 3 bands sinister argent (?), on a chief argent (?) oak leaves in saltire. Pencilled number on the back "11627." Exhibited by Paul Gottschalk in 1914 (see Boston Evening Transcript, 1 April 1914, p. 25). Sold by Otto Lange, Cat. 43 (Florence 1922) n. 28 to Henry E. Huntington in 1925.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Fragile. Cannot be paged, imaged or reproduced without conservator review. Use of original may require special handling instructions and extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions: 1020 x 1520 (1010 x 1515) mm
Associated organization: Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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Portolan chart : [cartographic material] : [manuscript], approximately 1502

Manuscripts

Black and red ink for nomenclature in a minuscule script with area names in square capitals; land masses outlined in color with islands painted in blue or red, gold or silver; 12 compass roses with the usual 32 rhumb line network in black, red, and green ink for principal directions; double latitude scales (numbered 5° higher on right than on left) and double equator (to compensate for magnetic variation), no longitude; distance is indicated by a series of small circles in lower right corner; decorated with a few figures and vignettes (very faded). Unbound: originally a rolled chart, now flattened. Parchment, f. 1 (full skin); 585 x 942 including left extension (map size, 530 x 772) mm. Top and bottom border decorated with gold in trellis pattern, latitude scales form borders at left and right. Also widely known as the "King-Hamy Portolan chart".

mssHM 45

Portolan atlas, Portuguese : [cartographic material] : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-181v. [Portolan atlas]. Portuguese. Contains 18 maps, etc.: ff. 25v-26, Black Sea, Anatolia; ff. 28v-29, Caspian Sea, Persian Gulf; ff. 31v-32, Southern South America; ff. 34v-35, Northwest South America, Central America, and West Indies; ff. 37v-38, East coast of South America; ff. 40v-41, East coast of North America and West Indies; ff. 43v-44, North coast of South America, east coast of North America and West Indies; ff. 46v-47, Mediterranean and eastern Europe; ff. 49v-50, Northern Atlantic Ocean, European coast, Greenland, Iceland; ff. 52v-53, Northwest Africa, Mediterranean area, southern Europe; ff. 55v-56, South Atlantic Ocean, southern Africa; ff. 58v-59, Southern Africa and southwest Indian Ocean; ff. 61v-62, Arabia, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Red Sea, and Persian Gulf; ff. 64v-65, Northern Indian Ocean, India; ff. 67v-68, Southern portion of east coast of Asia, part of East Indies; ff. 70v-71, Northern portion of east coast of Asia, part of East Indies; ff. 73v-74, Western coast of United States and Mexico; ff. 76v-77, Southern portion of west coast of Mexico and Central America. Laid in: Unrelated black ink map of Mexico City and environs, made after 1652, 313 x 430 mm., in Spanish.

mssHM 39

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Book of hours, single leaf

Manuscripts

Text is in Latin; black and red ink with blue and red initials. Formerly laid in Noua Statuta (RB 494535).

mssHM 82940

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Gradual

Manuscripts

The one leaf parchment gradual is from an unidentified manuscript, written in black and red ink with decorated blue and red initals, five-line red staff.

mssHM 15628

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Gradual

Manuscripts

Gradual is from an unidentified manuscript, written in black and red ink with decorated initials, five-line red staff with square notation. There is some water damage on the bottom of the leaves but no loss of text.

mssHM 82936

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Myōchin kaden ryōibu tokuroku : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

Illustrations (e.g. helmets, chestplates, etc.) included in later sections of manuscript; no author, publication details, or date included; begins with the Myōchin family tradition 明珍家傅; written in black ink, grammatical markers and edits made in red ink.

mssHM 81206

[Portolan chart], [1516]

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