Detail View: Maps Collection:
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Image Number:
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JRL1211226
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Reference Number:
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Booker & Mills C314
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Image Title:
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Nottinghamshire
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Parent Work Title:
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Comitatus Nottinghamiensis: Nottingham Shire
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Creator:
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Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
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Creator Role:
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Cartographer
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Date Created:
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c1648
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Description:
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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.
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Language Name:
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English
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Language Code:
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eng
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Language Name:
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lat
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Category of Material:
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Latin
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Sub-Category:
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Maps
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Technique Used:
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Printed
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Support:
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Paper
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Time Period Covered:
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17th Century CE
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Places Covered:
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England: Nottinghamshire
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Item Height:
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552 mm
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Item Width:
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660 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Colonel Dudley Mills and Mr R.P.L. Booker, former owners
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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Copyright restrictions apply
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2012-02-07
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2012-07
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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