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| Collection | Charts and maps, Manuscript atlases |
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| Gallery location | Not on display |
Object details:
| Object ID | P/20 |
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| Description | Tractatus Insularii Archipelagi. 76 leaves; paper in a limp vellum binding. Cristoforo Buondelmonte was from a distinguished Florentine family, who travelled extensively in the Greek archipelago during his life. The volume is dedicated to Cardinal Giardano Orsini, evident from a rubricated acrostic from the beginning of each chapter. There is another copy of Buondelmonte's work at P/13, with both maps and text in a much neater hand. |
| Date made | 1422 |