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Portolan atlas, Italian : [manuscript]

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Description
ff. 1-78v. Incipit: Dalle schiuse A blanchinberga a Ostende miglia 16 per quella via. Rubric: Questo e uno portolano il quale chomincia dalle schiuse per chosta et per Inghilterra et per ponente et va in levante circundando tutte le coste del nostro mare per tutto la barberia et tutte l'isole ritornado allo strecto di Gibilterra et sue terre inver libeccio. Latin. On ff. 66-71, a listing of the main routes to several different ports (with the distances involved); on ff. 71-78v, costal routes, depths and distances in leagues for areas on the coasts of England and Flanders.
Type
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Date
[between 1440 and 1460]
Call number
mssHM 58316
Provenance
The front cover inscribed, s. XVII/XVIII, "26". Inscribed, s. XVIII, "Questo Codice é intitolato Portolano" (inner face of front cover; cf. spine-title), below a three-and-a-half line erased inscription. Giannalisa Feltrinelli, with her bookplate; her sale at Christie's, Part II, 3 December, 1997, lot 193). Sam Fogg Rare Books Ltd, London; acquired by the Huntington through the Library Collectors' Council, January 1999.
Restrictions
RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions
160 x 230 mm
Associated organization
Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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