COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1211226
Reference Number:
Booker & Mills C314
Image Title:
Nottinghamshire
Parent Work Title:
Comitatus Nottinghamiensis: Nottingham Shire
Creator:
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
Creator Role:
Cartographer
Date Created:
c1648
Description:
Map: Nottinghamshire. Highly coloured map with very rich detail including cities, place names and rivers. Woods and buildings are illustrated. Borders are marked in different colours. The title is presented bottom left in a cartouche decorated with figures holding bales of hay. The top left and right corners are filled with two large coats of arms. In addition the map features eight shields representing six coats of arms, four each side (including two blank). These represent Robert Ferrers, John Mowbray, Richard Duke of York, William Barkley, Henry Fitzroy and Charles Howard. Bottom right is a scale decorated with a cherub holding a pair of dividers and marked: 'Milliaria, Anglica, five duo Germanica'. Septentrio, Meridies, Oriens, Occidens (Latin for North, South, East and West) are printed around the edges.
Language Name:
English
Language Code:
eng
Language Name:
lat
Category of Material:
Latin
Sub-Category:
Maps
Technique Used:
Printed
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
17th Century CE
Places Covered:
England: Nottinghamshire
Item Height:
552 mm
Item Width:
660 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Colonel Dudley Mills and Mr R.P.L. Booker, former owners
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
Copyright restrictions apply
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2012-02-07
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2012-07
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
