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Map of Britain and Ireland, 10th century AH/AD 16th century. Creator: Unknown.

Map of Britain and Ireland, 10th century AH/AD 16th century. Creator: Unknown.

2-999-359 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Map of Britain and Ireland, 10th century AH/AD 16th century. Page from an early Ottoman illuminated and illustrated maritime atlas, referred to as the Walters Deniz atlasi. The work contains 8 double-page charts executed on parchment. The various geographical names are written in black Nasta'liq script. A distinguishing feature of this atlas is the detailed approach to representing such features as city vignettes.

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People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
Medium
  1. "ink and pigments on parchment
Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe United Kingdom Great Britain

  1. 54 00 00 N , 002 00 00 W
Category Hierarchy

Lifestyle & Leisure Transport & Travel

Science & Nature Geographical Features

Artistic Representations Maps

Artistic Representations Illuminated Manuscripts

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4056x4960
File Size : 58,939kb

Aliases

  1. W.660
  1. 1100001288
  1. 2-999-359
  1. 2999359
  1. W.660
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