COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL17070097
Reference Number:
Incunable 4067
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Secunda etas mundi
Alternative Image Title:
Ptolemaic World Map
Alternative Image Title:
Hartmann Schedel's map of the World
Parent Work Title:
Liber chronicarum
Alternative Parent Work Title:
The Nuremberg Chronicle
Translated Parent Work Title:
Book of Chronicles
Creator:
Schedel, Hartmann, 1440-1514
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Koberger, Anton, approximately 1440-1513
Creator Role:
Printer
Creator:
Wolgemut, Michael, 1434-1519
Creator Role:
Illustrator
Creator:
Pleydenwurff, Wilhelm, -1494
Creator Role:
Illustrator
Date Created:
1493
Publication Details:
Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, for Sebald Schreyer and Sebastian Kammermeister; Germany Nuremberg.
Page/Sheet:
XIII
Description:
Schedel's map shows the world as seen just prior to Columbus' voyage world, based on Ptolemy's Geographia. Jerusalem is at the centre of the map; the Indian Ocean is an enclosed area; and Scandinavia, southern Africa and the Far East are not shown. Twelve winds, depicted as heads surrounding the map, are named as well as major places. Relief shown pictorially.
Language Code:
lat
Language:
Latin
Category of Material:
Printed
Category of Material:
Maps
Sub-Category:
Incunabula
Technique Used:
Woodcut (process)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Item Height:
500 mm
Item Width:
344 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2017-07-17
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2017-08
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Secunda etas mundi
