Accession number
MS M.877
Object title
Map of Palestine (MS M.877).
Created
Venice, Italy, ca. 1300.
Credit line
Purchased as a gift of the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library with the assistance of Mrs. Louis M. Rabinowitz and Mrs. Lester A. Le Wars; 1956.
Description
1 leaf : vellum, ill. ; 520 x 1455 mm
Provenance
Purchased from a Swiss dealer in 1955 by H.P. Kraus, New York; purchased from H. P. Kraus as Gift of the Fellows with the assistance of Mrs. Louis M. Rabinowitz and Mrs. Lester A. Le Wars in 1956.
Notes
Ms. single leaf map of Palestine, composed of two skins, written and illuminated in Venice, Italy, ca. 1300.
Decoration: map laid out over a grid of 84 by 28 squares, depiction of rivers, seas, mountains, towns, 2 drawings of biblical scenes.
Matted and framed.
Decoration: map laid out over a grid of 84 by 28 squares, depiction of rivers, seas, mountains, towns, 2 drawings of biblical scenes.
Matted and framed.
Script
cursive
Language
Latin
Resources
Century
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