COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1211162
Reference Number:
Booker & Mills C166
Image Title:
Bedfordshire
Parent Work Title:
Bedfordiensis Comitatus, Anglis Bedford Shire
Creator:
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
Creator Role:
Cartographer
Date Created:
c1648
Description:
Map: County of Bedfordshire. Highly coloured long narrow map with very rich detail including cities, place names and rivers. Woods and buildings are illustrated. Borders are marked in different colours. The title is presented in a cartouche shaped like a banner. The map features five coats of arms: three of the Dukes of Bedford: John Plantaginet; George Nevill and Jesper of Hatfield, and two of the Earls of Bedford: Ingelram Coucy and John Ruffel. Bottom left is a scale decorated with a cherub holding a pair of dividers and bottom right a Union crest. Septentrio, Meridies, Oriens, Occidens (Latin for North, South, East and West) are printed around the edges.
Language Name:
English
Language Code:
eng
Language Name:
lat
Category of Material:
Latin
Sub-Category:
Maps
Technique Used:
Printed
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
17th Century CE
Places Covered:
England: Bedfordshire
People Covered:
Bedford, John Plantagenet, Duke of, 1389-1435
People Covered:
Bedford, Jasper Tudor, Duke of, 1431?-1495
Item Height:
555 mm
Item Width:
327 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Colonel Dudley Mills and Mr R.P.L. Booker, former owners
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
Copyright restrictions apply
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2012-02-07
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2012-07
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
