COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1211212
Reference Number:
Booker & Mills C279
Image Title:
Middlesex and Hertfordshire
Parent Work Title:
Middelsexiæ cum Hertfordiæ comitatu Midlesex & Hertford Shire
Creator:
Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
Creator Role:
Cartographer
Date Created:
c1646
Description:
Map: Middlesex and Hertfordshire. Highly coloured map with very rich detail including place names and rivers. Woods and buildings are illustrated in colour. Borders are marked in different colours. The title is presented in Latin, top left in a large colourful cartouche decorated with farming figures. Bottom centre is a scale decorated with farming figures and marked: 'Quatuor, Milliaria, Anglica, conficiunt unum, milliare Germanicum'. Septentrio, Meridies, Oriens, Occidens (Latin for North, South, East and West) are printed around the edges. Top left is a large coat of arms and bottom right are two shields and one blank. The arms are those of Roger Earl of Clare and Harford, and Edward Seimour Earl of Hartford. Beneath to the left of this is: 'Anstelodami apud Joannem Jansomium'.
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: Middlesex
Places Covered:
England: Hertfordshire
Item Height:
490 mm
Item Width:
595 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
