COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
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maps002~1~1
Maps Collection
Collection
true
Image Number:
JRL1211258
image_number
JRL1211258
Image Number
false
Reference Number:
Booker & Mills C365
reference_number
Booker & Mills C365
Reference Number
false
Parent Work Title:
Westmoria Comitatus: Anglice Westmorland
title_larger_entity
Westmoria Comitatus: Anglice Westmorland
Parent Work Title
false
Creator:
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
creator
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Cartographer
creator_role
Cartographer
Creator Role
false
Date Created:
c1648
date_created
c1648
Date Created
false
Description:
Westmoreland. Monochrome map with rich detail including cities, place names and rivers. Mountains and buildings are illustrated. The title is presented in an ornate cherub-decorated cartouche bottom right. Bottom left is a scale marked as: 'Quatuor, Milliaria, Anglica, five unum Milliare Germanicum'. This is decorated with three figures measuring. Top left is a coat of arms. Septentrio, Meridies, Oriens, Occidens (Latin for North, South, East and West) are printed around the edges. Top right are seven shields, two of which are empty. The top shield from which the others hang contains three lions, the others are the arms of: Raphe Nevill, John Duke of Bedford, John Duke of Somerset and John de Foix.
description
Westmoreland. Monochrome map with rich detail including cities, place names and rivers. Mountains and buildings are illustrated. The title is presented in an ornate cherub-decorated cartouche bottom right. Bottom left is a scale marked as: 'Quatuor, Milliaria, Anglica, five unum Milliare Germanicum'. This is decorated with three figures measuring. Top left is a coat of arms. Septentrio, Meridies, Oriens, Occidens (Latin for North, South, East and West) are printed around the edges. Top right are seven shields, two of which are empty. The top shield from which the others hang contains three lions, the others are the arms of: Raphe Nevill, John Duke of Bedford, John Duke of Somerset and John de Foix.
Description
false
Language Code:
eng
language
eng
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: Cumbria: Westmorland
spatial_coverage
England: Cumbria: Westmorland
Places Covered
false
Item Height:
495 mm
item_height
495 mm
Item Height
false
Item Width:
605 mm
item_width
605 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