Leiden. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLQ 6

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    • Leiden University Libraries, VLQ 6
    • Leiden. Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit, Voss. Lat. Q. 6
    • Leiden. Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit, Voss. lat. 4° 6
    • Leiden. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLQ 6
    • Leiden. Universiteitsbibliotheek, Voss. lat. qu. 6
    • Leiden. University Libraries, VLQ 6
    • Leyde. Bibliothèque de l'Université, Vossianus latinus Q. 6
    • Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLQ 6
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  • Atlas with 27 maps based on Ptolemy's Geographia (or: Cosmographia), Each map created with a geographical coordinate system and a trapezoid projection, covers the verso and recto of one opening. Geographical names in Latin. Contents: (ff. 1v-8r) Four maps of Africa (1-4). - (ff. 9v-32r) Twelve maps of Asia (5-16). - (ff. 30r-52r) Ten maps of Europe (17-26). - (ff. 53v-54r) World map (27). - Empty: ff. 54v-68v.
    Map overview: 1. Mauretania. - 2. Africa. - 3. Cyrene; Egypt. - 4. Lybia; Ethiopia. - 5. Anatolia (Asia Minor). - 6. Asian Sarmatia. - 7. Armenia; Media. - 8. Syria; Mesopotamia; Arabia, northern part. - 9. Persia, western part. - 10. Red Sea (Mare Rubrum); Arabia, southwestern and southern parts (Arabia Felix); Persian Gulf (Sinus Persicus). - 11. Asia, northern part (middle). - 12. Asia, northern part (east). - 13. Persia, southern and eastern parts. - 14. India. - 15. India beyond the river Ganges (India extrema). - 16. Sri Lanka (Taprobane). - 17. British Isles (Britannia; Hibernia). - 18. Iberian Peninsula (Hispania). - 19. France (Gallia). - 20. German countries (Germania; including "holandia"). - 21. Area east of the river Danube. - 22. Apennine Peninsula (Italia). - 23. Sardinia, Sicilia, Tyrrhenian Sea. - 24. European Sarmatia. - 25. Area below the river Danube. - 26. Macedonia, Greece, Crete. - 27. World map.
    Subject (temporal):
    Middle Ages
    16th century

    Titre(s) :
    Ptolemaic atlas, VLQ 6
    Geographical maps
    Tabulae geographicae
    Geographia
    Cosmographia
    Mappa mundi

    Langue(s) des textes : latin

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