COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
mediaCollectionId
maps002~1~1
Maps Collection
Collection
true
Image Number:
JRL1211178
image_number
JRL1211178
Image Number
false
Reference Number:
Booker & Mills C218
reference_number
Booker & Mills C218
Reference Number
false
Parent Work Title:
Saxton's Map of Essex
title_larger_entity
Saxton's Map of Essex
Parent Work Title
false
Creator:
Saxton, Christopher, 1542?-
creator
Saxton, Christopher, 1542?-
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Cartographer
creator_role
Cartographer
Creator Role
false
Date Created:
1576
date_created
1576
Date Created
false
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'.
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'.
Description
false
Language Code:
lat
language
lat
Language Code
false
Language Name:
Latin
language_name
Latin
Language Name
false
Language Code:
eng-GB
language
eng-GB
Language Code
false
Language Name:
English
language_name
English
Language Name
false
Category of Material:
Printed
category
Printed
Category of Material
false
Sub-Category:
Maps
class
Maps
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Printing (process)
technique
Printing (process)
Technique Used
false
Support:
Paper
support
Paper
Support
false
Time Period Covered:
17th Century CE
temporal_coverage
17th Century CE
Time Period Covered
false
Places Covered:
England: Essex
spatial_coverage
England: Essex
Places Covered
false
Item Height:
496 mm
item_height
496 mm
Item Height
false
Item Width:
635 mm
item_width
635 mm
Item Width
false
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Colonel Dudley Mills and Mr R.P.L. Booker, former owners
former_repository
Colonel Dudley Mills and Mr R.P.L. Booker, former owners
Provenance
false
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