Map of the lands of the Tower of Babel
Maker
(artist)
ca.1640 - ca.1720 (Life dates)
(engraver)
1651-1685
(publisher)
active 1660-1681 (Life dates)
ca.1640 - ca.1720 (Life dates)
(engraver)
1651-1685
(publisher)
active 1660-1681 (Life dates)
Title
Map of the lands of the Tower of Babel
Date of Production
1679
Medium
medium : material : ink & support : material : paper
Dimensions
Height: 29.1 cm
Width: 40.1 cm
Width: 40.1 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.2964.1
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper left image & recto : : Chorographia / Qua NOE ARCAM egressusm . MONTE ARART / In submontes regiones. / tandem per varias via / rum / ambages in Terram Sennaar inniimerabili / Filiorum multi- / tudine stipatus descendit. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper centre image & recto : : Septennio / MARE CASPIUM pag 13 / A / ARARAT MONS //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre image & recto : : SINUS PERSICUS / Meridies //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right image & recto : : NOTAR LECTOR / Hanc Tabulam non posuise / ad explanandam difficultatem / Sacri textus (cumque prosicisce, / rentur ex Oriente) dum multi / non capuint. quo modo ex Oriente / in Terram sennaar pervene, / rint cum Ararat Mons. / rint cum vertice Arca / stetit Borealis sit res / pectu Babiloris. seu / Terra Sennaar //
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper centre image & recto : : Septennio / MARE CASPIUM pag 13 / A / ARARAT MONS //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre image & recto : : SINUS PERSICUS / Meridies //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right image & recto : : NOTAR LECTOR / Hanc Tabulam non posuise / ad explanandam difficultatem / Sacri textus (cumque prosicisce, / rentur ex Oriente) dum multi / non capuint. quo modo ex Oriente / in Terram sennaar pervene, / rint cum Ararat Mons. / rint cum vertice Arca / stetit Borealis sit res / pectu Babiloris. seu / Terra Sennaar //
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