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Maker(s):Ortelius, Abraham
Culture:Flemish (1527-1598)
Title:Saxonia
Date Made:1584
Type:Map; Print
Materials:Engraving with hand coloring
Place Made:Europe; Belgium; Antwerp
Measurements:sheet: 16 1/4 in x 20 1/4 in; 41.275 cm x 51.435 cm; image: 13 1/4 in x 19 3/4 in; 33.655 cm x 50.165 cm
Accession Number:  MH 1991.4.652
Credit Line:Bequest of Helene Brosseau Black (Class of 1931)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Bifolium. First page is title "Saxonia" with page of printed Latin text. Page opens to colored illustration of detailed map. Map is titled "SAXONIAE, / MISNIAE, THV / RINGIAE, NOVA / EXACTISSIMA Q3 / DESCRIPTIO"

"ex tabula Geographica Joannis Crigingei"

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maps

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