Detail View: Maps Collection:
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Image Number:
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JRL1211212
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Reference Number:
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Booker & Mills C279
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Image Title:
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Middlesex and Hertfordshire
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Parent Work Title:
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Middelsexiæ cum Hertfordiæ comitatu Midlesex & Hertford Shire
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Creator:
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Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
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Creator Role:
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Cartographer
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Date Created:
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c1646
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Description:
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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'.
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Language Name:
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English
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Language Code:
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eng
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Language Name:
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lat
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Category of Material:
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Latin
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Sub-Category:
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Maps
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Technique Used:
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Printed
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Support:
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Paper
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Time Period Covered:
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17th Century CE
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Places Covered:
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England: Middlesex
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Places Covered:
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England: Hertfordshire
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Item Height:
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490 mm
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Item Width:
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595 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Colonel Dudley Mills and Mr R.P.L. Booker, former owners
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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Copyright restrictions apply
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2012-02-07
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2012-07
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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