COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
mediaCollectionId
maps002~1~1
Maps Collection
Collection
true
Image Number:
JRL1211162
image_number
JRL1211162
Image Number
false
Reference Number:
Booker & Mills C166
reference_number
Booker & Mills C166
Reference Number
false
Image Title:
Bedfordshire
title
Bedfordshire
Image Title
false
Parent Work Title:
Bedfordiensis Comitatus, Anglis Bedford Shire
title_larger_entity
Bedfordiensis Comitatus, Anglis Bedford Shire
Parent Work Title
false
Creator:
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
creator
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Cartographer
creator_role
Cartographer
Creator Role
false
Date Created:
c1648
date_created
c1648
Date Created
false
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.
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.
Description
false
Language Name:
English
language_name
English
Language Name
false
Language Code:
eng
language
eng
Language Code
false
Language Name:
lat
language_name
lat
Language Name
false
Category of Material:
Latin
category
Latin
Category of Material
false
Sub-Category:
Maps
class
Maps
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Printed
technique
Printed
Technique Used
false
Support:
Paper
support
Paper
Support
false
Time Period Covered:
17th Century CE
temporal_coverage
17th Century CE
Time Period Covered
false
Places Covered:
England: Bedfordshire
spatial_coverage
England: Bedfordshire
Places Covered
false
People Covered:
Bedford, John Plantagenet, Duke of, 1389-1435
people_covered
Bedford, John Plantagenet, Duke of, 1389-1435
People Covered
false
People Covered:
Bedford, Jasper Tudor, Duke of, 1431?-1495
people_covered
Bedford, Jasper Tudor, Duke of, 1431?-1495
People Covered
false
Item Height:
555 mm
item_height
555 mm
Item Height
false
Item Width:
327 mm
item_width
327 mm
Item Width
false
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Colonel Dudley Mills and Mr R.P.L. Booker, former owners
former_repository
Colonel Dudley Mills and Mr R.P.L. Booker, former owners
Provenance
false
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