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Add MS 5021
- Record Id:
- 032-003896195
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003896195
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100122014046.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 5021
- Title:
- Maps, chiefly of various parts of Sweden
- Scope & Content:
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A large folio volume with maps in ink and watercolours, chiefly of various regions in Sweden. The maps are on paper, which has been pasted down on the folios of the album or laid down on canvas. The maps include manuscript place names and table of contents, all in Swedish, unless otherwise specified.
1. Map of the regions Elfsborgh [Älvsborg], Dahlsand [Dalsland], Scaraborg [Skaraborg], and Bahuslähn [Bohuslän].
2. Large-scale map of Upland [Uppland], comprehending the greater part of Upsala [Uppsala], dated 1641.
3. Map of East and West Dalarne [Dalarna], drawn by Thomas Christerson.
4. Map of the Province of Christianstad [Kristianstad, former administrative division], dated 1676.
5. Large map of the country near Lake Vänern, including the region of Nerike [Närke], dated 1671.
6. Map of the Islands of Gräsööhn, Söderööhn, Norrööhn, & c. at the entrance of the gulf of Bothnia.
7. Map, on a large scale, of the divisions of the region of Uppland made in 1702 by Jacob Braun. Scale 1:7,500.
8. Map of the region of Bohuslän.
9. Map of Trondheim, in Norway, and part of Dalarna in Sweden, reduced from a geometrical survey made by Dr. Johan Jurgens, dated 8 February 1676. Scale 1:10,000.
10. Map of the Swedish regions of Medelpad, Helsingia [Hälsingland] Angermaunia, [Ångermanland] and Gesticia [Gästrikland].
11. An engraved map of parts of France, Germany and the Netherlands, with placenames inscribed in English.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Sloane Collection - Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003896195
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003896195
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume (11 items)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
Swedish - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 17th century-18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- scales differ
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 675 x 600 mm.
Material: paper and paper laid down on canvas.
Medium: ink and watercolour.
Binding: British Library.
Foliation: 11 numbered items. 20 unnumbered folios, several of which are blank.
- Custodial History:
- The manuscripts of Sir Hans Sloane were purchased at his death from his executors by the Act of Parliament which established the British Museum in 1753.
- Former External References:
- Min. 218 (crossed out)
Min. 6
XLIV.C
XXVIII (crossed out) - Source of Acquisition:
- The Sloane Manuscripts were held by the British Museum Department of Manuscripts until 1973 after which they were transferred to the British Library.
- Finding Aids:
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Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts, vol. 20 (1831), available in the Manuscripts Reading Room, where the volume is described as: 'A large folio of colored Maps of various parts of Sweden', followed by a more detailed list of contents.
'Min. 218 (crossed out), 6' in the catalogue of Sir Hans Sloane's Library, Sloane MS 3972 C.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- Part of this description is derived from the Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts, vol. 20 (1831), available in the Manuscripts Reading Room, where the volume is described as: 'A large folio of colored Maps of various parts of Sweden'.
- Names:
- Sloane, Hans, Baronet, physician and collector, 1660-1753,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000123196729,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/77959