Description:
BSB-Provenienz: Nachlass Philipp Apian (1531-1589), München, alte
kurfürstliche Hofbibliothek vor 1803
Eingezeichnet sind Weiler, Kirchdörfer (rot markiert), Flüsse,
Seen und Geländemerkmale Bl 3 enthält am oberen Rand die
Bezeichnung von München
Kurzaufnahme einer Handschrift
Philipp Apian
Lavierte Federzeichnung
Altsignatur: Cim 177 Extent:
10 Bl à 30 × 14 - 68,2 cm zu einer Rolle zusammengefügt -
Papier Alternative Title:
Cim. 177 Abstract:
Englische Version: Between 1554 and 1561, by order of Duke Albrecht
V, Philipp Apian (1531-89) carried out a topographical survey of
Bavaria (without using triangulation), on which was based the first
mathematically measured map of a large region. In 1563, he
completed a large-scale version on vellum, to a scale of 1:45,000,
which was unfortunately destroyed after 1720. A copy of the
original that was produced by 1756 also was destroyed in the Second
World War. However, the manuscript sketches to this “Great Map of
Bavaria” survived, and nowadays are divided into seven scrolls
with the numbering of the parts from south to north. The one
presented here was produced in Ingolstadt in 1554 or 1555, at the
very beginning of Apian's work, and deals with the section from
47° 54' to 48° 2' north latitude. At the request of the duke,
Apian reduced the scale to 1:135,000 and prepared the map for
woodblock printing. Jost Amman undertook the artwork for the
borders and cartouches. This second version was issued in 1568 and
remained the official map of Bavaria until the 19th century. In the
course of his surveying work, Apian also collected material for a
Descriptio Bavariae (description of Bavaria) and had views of
castles, settlements, and landscapes prepared for the work. His
death, however, in 1589 prevented the printing of the work, which
was to have combined the maps with an illustrated description of
the country. Duke Wilhelm V of Bavaria bought both the unpublished
manuscript and the aforementioned seven scrolls of 1554-55 for
1,000 gulden, which then came to his court library in Munich, the
forerunner of the Bavarian State Library, where these works have
been part of the collections ever since. // Autor: Traudl
Seifert Subjects:
943
1563
Topographic maps
912
Bavaria Publication Statement:
Ingolstadt 1554-1563
