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This folio from Walters manuscript W.658 contains a map of part of the European coastline with the islands of Semendrek (Samothraki) and Imroz (Imbros, Gökçeada) in the Aegean Sea further south.

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Document identity
localId
79711
label
Map with Part of the European Coastline with the Islands of Semendrek and Imroz in the Aegean Sea
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obj
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map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
79711
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Map with Part of the European Coastline with the Islands of Semendrek and Imroz in the Aegean Sea
description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.658 contains a map of part of the European coastline with the islands of Semendrek (Samothraki) and Imroz (Imbros, Gökçeada) in the Aegean Sea further south.
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/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)
rightsUri
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
ink and pigments on laid European paper
cul
Islamic
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4846
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ISL
MSS
MIS
exhibition_ids
none
dimensionsRaw
H: 13 3/8 x W: 9 7/16 in. (34 x 24 cm)
Single page context
seq
1
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0
type
photo
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b47909086f9c55d7