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Regions and Seasons: In Greek mythology, the Horae – a group of three rain-giving goddesses – ruled over natural order and the seasons, and through their gift of water from the heavens they brought agricultural wealth to the earth. Carpo, Thallo and Auxo represented spring, summer and winter. By the 4th century BCE, a fourth season – autumn – was added to the group. This 1680 map of the world illustrates the four seasons in the right margin with Latin names: Ver (Spring), Aestas (Summer), Autumnus (Fall) and Hyems (Winter). The four elements (fire, air, water and earth) are shown opposite of the seasons.
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Document identity
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9s161g55g
label
Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
9s161g55g
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula
description
Regions and Seasons: In Greek mythology, the Horae – a group of three rain-giving goddesses – ruled over natural order and the seasons, and through their gift of water from the heavens they brought agricultural wealth to the earth. Carpo, Thallo and Auxo represented spring, summer and winter. By the 4th century BCE, a fourth season – autumn – was added to the group. This 1680 map of the world illustrates the four seasons in the right margin with Latin names: Ver (Spring), Aestas (Summer), Autumnus (Fall) and Hyems (Winter). The four elements (fire, air, water and earth) are shown opposite of the seasons.
date
["[1680]"]
year
1680
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
Latin
identifierLocal
06_01_004127
creators
Pitt, Moses, fl. 1654-1696
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
World maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
World
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Oxford
publisher
M. Pitt
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
extent
1 map : col. ; 39 x 53 cm.
notes
To the right reverend father in God John by divine permission Ld. Bishop of Oxon. this map is humbly dedicated.
"III" in top left corner.
Top border depicts the seven planets and bottom broder depicts the seven wonders of the world, and the four elements and seasons at the sides.
Appears in The English Atlas.
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no
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9s161g55g
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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