Laurenziana Ptolemy

MS Plut. 30.3 Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (Florence, Italy)

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Laurenziana Ptolemy

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Alternative Titles: Ptolemaei geographia
La Geographia di Tolomeo
Ptolemäus: Geographia
Type: Manuscript on parchment
Size / Format: 268 pages / 43.5 × 30.0 cm
Origin: Italy
Date: 15th century
Epochs: Late Middle Ages Onwards
Style: Renaissance
Genre: Geography / Maps
Language: Latin
Script: Gothic Textualis, Humanistic Minuscule, Square Capitals
Illustrations: 30 gold-decorated maps, 29 of them double-sided, as well as numerous historiated and ornamental white vine initials and borders; 1 historiated initial; 119 decorated initials; 27 framed text panels, each with a decorated initial
Content: Geography by Ptolemy, translated into Latin by Jacopo D'Angelo and revised and expanded by Nicolaus Germanus

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#1 La Geographia di Tolomeo

Imago – Rimini, 2022

Publisher: Imago – Rimini, 2022

Limited Edition: 399 copie

Binding: Leather binding with blind tooling

Commentary: 1 volume
Language: Italian

1 volume: Exact reproduction of the original document (extent, color and size) Reproduction of the entire original document as detailed as possible (scope, format, colors). The binding may not correspond to the original or current document binding.

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