Book of Fortresses

PT/TT/CF/159 Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo (Lisbon, Portugal)

Livro das Fortalezas: Fac-simile do MS 159 da Casa Forte do Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo Copyright Photos: Ziereis Facsimiles

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Book of Fortresses

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Alternative Titles: Buch der Festungen
Livro das Fortalezas: Fac-simile do MS 159 da Casa Forte do Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo
Fortalezas de Portugal
Fortalezas portuguesas fronteiriças
Duarte de Armas: Livro das fortalezas
Type: Manuscript on paper
Size / Format: 280 pages / 35.0 × 25.06 cm
Origin: Portugal
Date: 1509–1510
Epochs: Late Middle Ages Onwards
Style: Renaissance
Genre: Geography / Cartography / Navigation
Other Secular Works
Language: Portuguese
Illustrations: 110 double-page drawings (panoramic views) and 51 half-page ground plans
Content: Survey of 55 Portuguese fortresses and fortifications, primarily situated along the border with Castile: Table of Contents, 110 panoramic views of 51 border fortresses and 4 other castles, including their surroundings—two views per fortress, 51 ground pla
Patron: Manuel I of Portugal (1469–1521)
Artist / School: Duarte de Armas (1465–15??)

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#1 Livro das Fortalezas: Fac-simile do MS 159 da Casa Forte do Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo

Edições Inapa – Lisbon, 1997

Publisher: Edições Inapa – Lisbon, 1997

Binding: The commentary is included in the same volume as the facsimile.

Commentary: 1 volume by Manuel Silva Castelo Branco
Language: Portuguese

Complete color reproduction of the original “Book of Fortresses” at its original size. The facsimile aims to reproduce the original’s appearance, feel and physical characteristics as faithfully as possible. The pages are trimmed to the original format. The binding may differ from the original’s present-day binding.

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