Antonio Millo
[Άτλαντας με έξι πορτολάνους και δύο τοπογραφικούς χάρτες]
Μεσόγειος
second half of the sixteenth century, 0
Τεχνική: Χειρόγραφος
Κατηγορία: Ναυτικός Άτλας
Διαστάσεις: 332 x 262 mm
Βενετία, Correr Museum, Port. 39
Venice, Correr Museum, Port. 39
G. Uzielli & P. Amat , Studi Biografici e Bibliografici sulla storia della Geografia in Italia…, volume II, Mappamondi, carte nautiche, Portolani ed altri monumenti cartografici specialmente italiani dei secoli XIII- XVII, Rome 1882, 24. L. Casanova, Inventario dei Portolani e delle Carte Nautiche del Museo Correr, Bolletino dei Musei Civici Veneziani 3/4 (1957), no.39.Susanna Biadene, Carte da Navigar, Portolani e carte nautiche del Museo Correr 1318- 1732, Venice 1990.C. Astengo, Elenco Preliminare di Carte ed Atlanti Nautici Manoscriti Eseguiti nell\' area Mediterranea nel periodo 1500- 1700…, University of Genoa 1996, ItVe 37.
George Tolias, The Greek Portolan Charts 16th -17th century, Athens, Olkos for the NHRF, 1999, [AM.8].
Περιλαμβάνει τους ακόλουθους χάρτες 290x498 χιλ.: AM.8.1: Ναυτικός χάρτης των ατλαντικών ακτών της Ευρώπης και της βορείου Αφρικής. AM.8.2: Ναυτικός χάρτης της κεντρικής και της δυτικής Μεσογείου. AM.8.3: Ναυτικός χάρτης της ανατολικής Μεσογείου. AM.8.4: Ναυτικός χάρτης της Μαύρης Θάλασσας. AM.8.5: Ναυτικός χάρτης της Αδριατικής. AM.8.6: Ναυτικός χάρτης του Αιγαίου. AM.8.7: Tοπογραφικός χάρτης της Κρήτης (Candia). AM.8.8: Tοπογραφικός χάρτης της Κύπρου.
Η Βάση δεδομένων «Τεκμήρια Ελληνικής Χαρτογραφίας», περιλαμβάνει το έργο ελλήνων σχεδιαστών και εκδοτών χαρτών από τον 15ο αιώνα έως το 1820. Η Βάση περιλαμβάνει χειρόγραφους και έντυπους χάρτες και άτλαντες, καθώς και νησολόγια. Τα έργα αυτά είναι άλλοτε αυτοτελή κι άλλοτε ένθετα σε γεωγραφικές, ιστορικές ή θρησκευτικές εκδόσεις. Ιδιαίτερη έμφαση δίδεται στην έντυπη διάδοση των έργων των ελλήνων χαρτογράφων. Είναι προϊόν του Ερευνητικού Προγράμματος «Γεωγραφική Παιδεία και Ιστορία της Χαρτογραφίας», με επιστημονικό Υπεύθυνο τον Γιώργο Τόλια, Διευθυντή Ερευνών του ΙΝΕ/ΕΙΕ.
Ινστιτούτο Νεοελληνικών Ερευνών/ ΕΙΕ
Γιώργος Τόλιας
Χαρτογραφία
Antonio Millo
[Atlas with six portolan charts and two topographical maps]
Mediterranean Sea
second half of the sixteenth century, 0
Technique: Manuscript
Category: Portolan Atlas, 8 Charts
Dimensions: 332 x 262 mm
Βενετία, Correr Museum, Port. 39
Venice, Correr Museum, Port. 39
G. Uzielli & P. Amat , Studi Biografici e Bibliografici sulla storia della Geografia in Italia…, volume II, Mappamondi, carte nautiche, Portolani ed altri monumenti cartografici specialmente italiani dei secoli XIII- XVII, Rome 1882, 24. L. Casanova, Inventario dei Portolani e delle Carte Nautiche del Museo Correr, Bolletino dei Musei Civici Veneziani 3/4 (1957), no.39.Susanna Biadene, Carte da Navigar, Portolani e carte nautiche del Museo Correr 1318- 1732, Venice 1990.C. Astengo, Elenco Preliminare di Carte ed Atlanti Nautici Manoscriti Eseguiti nell\' area Mediterranea nel periodo 1500- 1700…, University of Genoa 1996, ItVe 37.
George Tolias, The Greek Portolan Charts 16th -17th century, Athens, Olkos for the NHRF, 1999, [AM.8].
The atlas contains the following maps, each measuring 290 x 498 mm.: AM.8.1, a portolan chart of the Atlantic coast of Europe and North Africa; AM.8.2, a portolan chart of the central and west Mediterranean; AM.8.3, a portolan chart of the east Mediterranean; AM.8.4, a portolan chart of the Black Sea; AM.8.5, a portolan chart of the Adriatic; AM.8.6, a portolan chart of the Aegean; AM.8.7, a topographical map of Crete (Candia), and AM.8.8, a topographical map of Cyprus.
Of the eight maps and charts in this unsigned and undated atlas, the last two - the topographical maps of Crete and Cyprus - are to be attributed to Antonio Millo, a view advanced by A. Ratti and Susanna Biadene. There are without doubt very close similarities between the last two maps and the corresponding maps in Antonio\'s isolarii, but the possibility should not be overlooked that - as we believe - the entire atlas is by him. The cartography is reminiscent of the Rome and Berlin atlases by the Greek chartmaker (nos. AM.5 and AM.6), and there is also supplementary evidence to support this view: the colour-scheme, the Mediterranean compasses characteristic of Antonio\'s work, the typical designation of the cities, the fluttering banners and emblems, and the rendering of relief with short, low mountain ranges lit in the centre.
If the whole atlas is by Antonio, then it could be described as incomplete: the absence of place-names for the islands on the last portolan chart in the atlas (AM.8.6) and the rather juvenile appearance of the two topographical maps might further strengthen our hypothesis and explain why the chartmaker neither signed nor dated the work.
On the portolan charts, the rhumb lines are in sepia and red, intersecting in 16 systems surrounding a central system. The coastline is picked out in sepia and red or green, place-names are in red and black, and the ilsnads are marked in red, blue, green or gold, as are the wind roses, the emblems and the banners. The atlas has a scale of latitude only on the first leaf, while the scale bars, usually without numbering, are in characteristic wavy bands.
On the topographic maps of Crete and Cyprus, the coastline is marked in red and green (respectively), the place-names are in black, the relief is in green and the rivers are blue. The cartographic work is careful, but the models on which the maps were based were highly obsolete.
In the portolan charts of this atlas, the influence of printed cartography is less strong than in the atlases by Antonio Millo now in Rome and Berlin. Stronger influences can be detected from the manuscript chart and atlasmakers of Venice, such as Diogo Homem of Portugal.
The atlas contains representations of the following cities: (AM.8.1) Serif, Tremisan, Fessa, Granata, Seuilia, Lisbona, Toledo, Valencia, Madrid, Saragosa, Tortosa, Bagiona, Rocala, Parris, Anuersa; (AM.8.2) Granataa, Valencia, Tortosa, Barcelona, Narbona, Marsilgia, Genova, Fiorenca, Roma, Napolli, Taranto, Manfradonia, Ancona, Ferara, Venecia, Zara, Ragus, Valona, Corinto, Tunessi, Bona, Algier; (AM.8.3) Valona, Arta, Patrasa, Uolo, Salonichi, Eno, Costaninopoli, Nichomidia, Castro (four illegible cities along the south coast of Asia Minor), Alasandreta, Zafa, Larisa, Alesa[ndria], Lornich, Magra; (place-names illegible on AM.8.5); (AM.8.6) Moschosuri, Misitra, Corinto, Atene, (four cities in Euboea), Vollo, Salonichi, la Stromola, Cauala, Eno, Magari, Rodosto, Nichomidia, Montanaa, Anguri, Bursia, S.40, Smirna, Palaria, Areto and four cities in Crete.
The database “Greek Cartography: the Documents” includes the cartographic work of Greek mapmakers and Greek publishers of maps and cartographic material from the 15th century to 1820. The database contains manuscript and printed maps, atlases and isolarii. The works are either independent either included in geographical, historical or religious editions. Special attention is given to the printing history of the Greek mapmakers’ production. It is a product of the Research Project “Geographical Culture and History of Cartography” supervised by Dr. George Tolias, Research Director INR/NHRF.
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