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Romeo sorrowfully laments in act three, scene three of Romeo and Juliet, "There is no world without Verona walls." Faced with banishment from Juliet, Romeo pleads with Friar Laurence to grant him any other fate than expulsion from Verona, and despite their affection for one another, Romeo and Juliet tragically could not escape the animosity that their families had for each other. The 1582 map displayed here illustrates Verona, known as a center for art and architecture, in two views, complete with vignettes of perhaps the star-crossed lovers on the left, and the Arena – a remnant from the city's importance in Roman times – on the right.
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Document identity
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q524n390w
label
Magnifica illa civitas Verona ; Colonia augusta Verona nova gallieniana
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obj
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map
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1
Source metadata
id
q524n390w
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Magnifica illa civitas Verona ; Colonia augusta Verona nova gallieniana
description
Romeo sorrowfully laments in act three, scene three of Romeo and Juliet, "There is no world without Verona walls." Faced with banishment from Juliet, Romeo pleads with Friar Laurence to grant him any other fate than expulsion from Verona, and despite their affection for one another, Romeo and Juliet tragically could not escape the animosity that their families had for each other. The 1582 map displayed here illustrates Verona, known as a center for art and architecture, in two views, complete with vignettes of perhaps the star-crossed lovers on the left, and the Arena – a remnant from the city's importance in Roman times – on the right.
date
["[1582]"]
year
1582
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
Latin
identifierLocal
06_01_015728
creators
Hogenberg, Frans, approximately 1539-1590
Kempen, Gottfried von, active 1576-1598
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Romeo (Fictitious character)
Juliet (Fictitious character)
Verona (Italy)--Aerial views--Early works to 1800
Verona (Italy)--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Europe
Italy
Venetan
Verona
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
Italy
city
Verona
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[Collen]
publisher
[Godfrid von Kempen]
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
45.45
schema:longitude
11
extent
2 views on 1 sheet : hand colored ; 17 x 47 cm and 19 x 47 cm, on sheet 40 x 55 cm
notes
View at top includes index.
Map at bottom is illustrated with a vignette of the "Amphitheatrum in Foro Boario situm", and two court figures in a landscape, possibly Romeo and Juliet.
On verso: German text about Verona on [page] "49".
From Contrafactur und beschreibung von den vornembsten stetten der Welt, liber tertius. Cöllen : Godfrid von Kempen, [1582].
Map and view in Latin. Text on verso in German.
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no
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q524n390w
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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