COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1211178
Reference Number:
Booker & Mills C218
Parent Work Title:
Saxton's Map of Essex
Creator:
Saxton, Christopher, 1542?-
Creator Role:
Cartographer
Date Created:
1576
Description:
Essex. Highly coloured map with very rich detail including place names and rivers. Woods and buildings are illustrated in colour. Borders are marked in different colours. The title is presented in Latin, bottom right in a large colourful cartouche decorated with a coat of arms. Beneath this is a scale decorated with a pair of dividers and marked: 'Scala Miliarium'. Septentrio, Meridies, Oriens, Occidens (Latin for North, South, East and West) are printed around the edges. Beneath the map is printed the title in English and '(British Museum. Maps C.7.c.I.)'. Beneath this is: 'Emery walker Limited, Collotypers'.
Language Code:
lat
Language Name:
Latin
Language Code:
eng-GB
Language Name:
English
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Maps
Technique Used:
Printing (process)
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
17th Century CE
Places Covered:
England: Essex
Item Height:
496 mm
Item Width:
635 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 The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2012-07
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
