Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Ptolemy, active 2nd century

Title:

Sexta Europe tabula.

Alternate Title(s):

Sexta Evrope tabvla

Published / Created:

[Ulm] : [Lienhart Hol], [1486]

Physical Description:

1 map : woodcut ; 34 x 54 cm, on sheet 41 x 57 cm

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio C 2010 1d
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Maps & Atlas (printed)

Scale:

Scale not given

Notes:

Woodcut probably by Johannes Schnitzer, who is known to have engraved the world map in the same atlas.

Relief shown pictorially.

Includes names of places and natural features.

In margin: climatic and latitudinal notes.

BAC: British Art Center copy is hand-colored.

Map of Italy and Corsica, from Ptolemy's Cosmographia, printed by Lienhart Hol at Ulm in 1486.

Subject Terms:

Italy -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.

Form/Genre:

Maps -- Italy. | Woodcuts -- 1486.

Contributors:

Ptolemy, active 2nd century. Geographia. Latin. | Hol, Lienhart, publisher. | Schnitzer, Johannes, engraver.