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1. Add MS 63841 A-E

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Title:
THE ASLAKE WORLD MAP
Scope & Content:
63841. Fragments of an anonymous world map with related items; probably of the third quarter of the 14th cent. From the late 15th cent. until after acquisition by the British Library, the fragments served as binding for a rental relating to the lands of Walter Aslake, primarily in Holme next the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
5 items

2. Add MS 63841 D

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Scope & Content:
D. Enlarged ultra-violet photograph of the map fragments. Art. Miscellaneous: Sketches on world map: circa 1360-1375: Fragm.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3rd quarter of 14th century-20th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 63841 E

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Scope & Content:
E. Ten photographs showing the manuscript as received by the Department with details of the binding, and illustrating the process of conservation.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3rd quarter of 14th century-20th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 63841 B

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Scope & Content:
B. A further fragment of the world map, formerly used as thongs for the binding. It contains fragments of place names, partly legible under ultra-violet light. Vellum. 480 x 8mm. (max). Maps and Plans: World map: circa 1360-1375: Mostly Lat: Fragm. Africa: Fragment of world map showing Afric...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of 14th century-20th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 63841 A

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Scope & Content:
A. Fragment showing the area between India and the Red Sea (top), the Canary Islands (bottom), Mediterranean coastline of Africa (left), 'Ethiopia inferior deserta', fanciful Atlantic islands and descriptions of the Marvels of the East (right); circa 1360-1375. Not to scale. Mostly Latin. The bo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1360-1375
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 63841 C

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Scope & Content:
C. Rental of the estates of Walter Aslake (d.1504), in Holme next the Sea, Hunstanton and Ringstead, co. Norf.; 1 Ric. III [1483-1484]. Partly Latin. On Aslake's lands, see further F. Blomefield, History of Norfolk, (1805-1810 ed.), vii, p. 77 and x, p. 329. It appears from Aslake's will, which ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
[1483-1484]
Extent:
1 item

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