![]() Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library, 2016-2017. Part of composite portfolio atlas with title "Collection of old maps." Notes (exhibitions):Įxhibited: "Shakespeare’s Here and Everywhere" organized by the Norman B. Antverpiae, 1584.Ĭataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor. and decorative cartouche and border.įrom the author's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Additamentum III. Map of Egypt, with the course of the Nile River. Leventhal Map CenterĬollection (local): Norman B. Location: Boston Public Library Norman B. Antony fought with her, and rather than face life without one another, both lovers took their own lives.Ĭreator: Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598 Name on Item: The combined power of Egypt and Rome struck fear into the hearts of the Roman government, who declared war on Cleopatra. Cleopatra famously seduced both Julius Caesar and later Antony, with whom she had children. Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, and Mark Antony, co-ruler of Rome are entangled in a romantic and political relationship wrought with betrayal, despair, and love. The maps and plates of the Parergon have to be evaluated as the most outstanding engravings depicting the wide-spread interest in classical geography in the 16th century.The tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra takes place in the ancient empires of Rome and Egypt, the latter of which is depicted on this 1584 map. He took many places and regions from the lands of classical civilization to illustrate and clarify their history, a subject very close to his heart. For this work he did not, as in the Theatrum, copy other people's maps but drew the originals himself which were later engraved by Jan Wierix i.a. Koeman: "This atlas of ancient geography must be regarded as a personal work of Ortelius. The Parergon is Ortelius' atlas of ancient geography. The Theatrum and Parergon plates are uncolored. 128 maps in the "Theatrum", with the "Parergon" having 38 maps, a portrait of Pope Clement VIII., dedications to Pope Clement VIII. Several new maps appear here for the first time." Vrients added 8 new maps, making this combined Theatrum and Parergon edition the largest with 166 maps. Apart from this, Vrients also added at the end, an Introduction to Cosmography, written by Michel Coignet. In this translation, the Parergon and the Nomenclator were included. ![]() The heirs of Abraham Ortelius sold a manuscript translation by Filippo Pigafetta to Vrients, which was then printed by him. Koeman: "This the first edition ever printed with Italian text. The maps and plates of the Parergon have to be evaluated as the most outstanding engravings depicting the wide-spread interest in classical geography in the 16th century." Aegyptus Antiqua Rare Edition Physical Description: 1 map : hand colored 31 x 20 in Publication Info: Antwerp Date: 1592 Place created: Antwerp Imprint: Antwerp, 1592 Genre: Map, Maps, and Maps Notes: Gorgeous full color example of Ortelius' two sheet map of Egypt, extending from the Cataracts to the source of the Nile. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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