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Tabula Itineraria ex illustri Peutingerorum Bibliotheca Quae Augustae Vindeli.Est Beneficio Marci Velseri Septemviri Augustani In lucem edita. - Ortelius A. - Moretus B., 1624.
Eight segments on 4 sheets, copper engraving
Approximate size of each plate: 19.5 x 51.5cm (8 x 20 inches)
Verso text: Latin
Condition: Old coloured, excellent.
References: Van der Krogt 3, 0940/1:31 - 4:1; Van den Broecke, 227-230; Shirley (World) 212.
From: Theatri Orbis Terrarum Parergon. Antwerpen. Balthasar Moretus, 1624. (Van der Krogt 3, 31:711)
The Tabula Peutingeriana is the sole surviving copy of the Roman cursus publicus; it was made by a monk in Colmar in the thirteenth century. It is a parchment scroll, 0.34 m high and 6.75 m long, assembled from eleven sections, a medieval reproduction of the original scroll. It is a very schematic map: the land masses are distorted, especially in the east-west direction. The map shows many Roman settlements, the roads connecting them, rivers, mountains, forests and seas. The distances between the settlements are also given. Three most important cities of the Roman Empire, Rome, Constantinople and Antioch, are represented with special iconic decoration. Besides the totality of the Empire, the map shows the Near East, India and the Ganges, Sri Lanka (Insula Trapobane), even an indication of China. In the west, the absence of the Iberian Peninsula indicates that a twelfth original section has been lost in the surviving copy.
Item number: 14767
Price: 3800 Euro
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