File:French - World Map - Walters W2264V - Open Reverse.jpg

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World Map   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Anonymous (French artist)Unknown author

Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius Macrobius (active ca. 395?423)
Title
World Map
Date between circa 1175 and circa 1200
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1175-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1200-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
(Middle Ages
era QS:P2348,Q12554
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Medium ink on parchment
medium QS:P186,Q127418;P186,Q226697,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 21 cm (8.2 in); width: 13 cm (5.1 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,21U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,13U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
W.22.64V
Place of creation northeast France (?)
Object history
  • Northeast France (?)
  • Franciscan ownership [notation on fol. 66r], 14th century
  • Abbot Luigi Celotti (ca. 1768-1846) ["Celotti" added on front pastedown during first half of 19th century], first half 19th century [mode of acquisition unknown]
  • Celotti Sale, London, Evans, 14 March 1825, no. 478
  • Thomas Thorpe (1791-1851) [bookseller], London, 1825, by purchase
  • Sir Thomas Phillipps [Ms. 1029] [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
  • Phillipps Sale, London, Sotheby's, 27 April-2 May 1903, no. 749 [30 April]
  • Bernard Quaritch, 1903, by purchase
  • 1903: purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore
  • 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Exhibition history A World of Foreign Lands. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1992. Expanding World Views: A Millennium of Maps. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2001-2002.
Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters, 1903
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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