1. Add MS 6390
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 6390
- Title:
- PORTOLANO ATLAS: atlas by Grazioso Benincasa, showing Europe and part of Africa; 1468. Italian. Origin: Italy. A memorandum on f. 5 states that Benincasa drew the atlas in 1468 for Prospero Camulio 'Medic', of Genoa, probably Prospero Camulio de Medicis, Bishop of Caithness. Catalogue of the manuscript maps, charts and plans . . . in the British Museum, i(1844), pp. 16-17. Listed as no. 43 in T. Campbell, 'Census of pre-sixteenth Century Portolan Charts, Imago Mundi, 38 (1986), pp. 67-94. ...
- Scope & Content:
- Prospero Camulio de Medicis, Bishop of Caithness: Portolano atlas drawn for(?): 1468. Bindings ITALIAN: Brown leather, gilt-stamped: 1468. Maps and Plans: Grazioso Benincasa, cartographer: Portolano atlas by Grazioso Benincasa: 1468: Ital. includes: ff. 1, 3 Astronomy: Lunar tables, etc.,: 1...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Italian
- Date Range:
- 1468
- Extent:
- 1 item