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Source Description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.658 contains a map of the city of Constantinople (Qustantiniyah).
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Document identity
localId
78190
label
Map of the City of Istanbul, from Book on Navigation by Piri Reis
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obj
dtoType
map
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1
Source metadata
id
78190
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Map of the City of Istanbul, from Book on Navigation by Piri Reis
description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.658 contains a map of the city of Constantinople (Qustantiniyah).
provenance
Ahmad Afandi [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [see folio 4a]; Ali Afandi [date and mode of acquisiton unknown] [see folio 4a]; Sayyid Ali Qapudan [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [see folio 1a]; Sultan Mahmud Khan [date and mode of acquistion unknown] [waqf seal and followed by a bequest statement (now erased), and the seal of the inspector of wakfs, Mustafá Tahir, see folio 4a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
late 11th century AH/17th century AD-early 12th century AH/18th century AD (Ottoman)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
maps
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
Source extras
dimensions
units
cm
width
34
height
24
med
opaque watercolor and ink on laid European paper; bound between boards covered with leather, gold
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creator_ids
4846
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MIS
exhibition_ids
3334
dimensionsRaw
H: 13 3/8 x W: 9 7/16 in. (34 x 24 cm)
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1
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0
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photo
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