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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)

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

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

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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 //

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