Accession number
MS M.1140.1-6
Object title
Catalan Atlas.
Display Date
ca. 1980-1985.
Created
United States, ca. 1980-1985.
Credit line
Bequest of Leonard Hansen in honor of William M. Voelkle, 2004.
Description
6 sheets, unbound: vellum, ill.; 657 x 525 mm
Provenance
Leonard J. Hansen (d. Sept. 20, 2003), who had it framed by Jewel Spiegel Gallery, Engelwood (NJ), in or shortly after 1985.
Notes
Photocopy on vellum from the facsimile of the Catalan atlas (Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS Espagnol 30) published in 1841 by J. C. A. Buchon; illuminated in the United States (?), ca. 1980-1985 (probably not before 1980 for technical reasons, but before 1985 when it was framed). The 6 leaves are not currently framed; 2 are matted.
Texts: 1) (fol. 1, left part, col. a) The day of the months. 2) (fol. 1, right part) Description of the world. 3) Explanations of the diagrams.
Decoration: (fols. 1-2) miniature, diagrams, illuminated initials; (fols. 3-6) Maps.
Texts: 1) (fol. 1, left part, col. a) The day of the months. 2) (fol. 1, right part) Description of the world. 3) Explanations of the diagrams.
Decoration: (fols. 1-2) miniature, diagrams, illuminated initials; (fols. 3-6) Maps.
Script
bastarda
Language
Catalan
Resources
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