Book of Fortresses

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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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Facsimile Editions

Edições Inapa – Lisbon, 1997

Publisher: Edições Inapa – Lisbon, 1997

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

1 volume: Exact reproduction of the original document (extent, color and size) The commentary is included in the same volume as the facsimile.

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