Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. icon. 142(2

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  • Cod.icon. 142(2
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  • Ingolstadt 1554-1563
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  • Latin
  • German
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  • Vorzeichnungen für die Große Karte Bayerns von 1563, Teil 2: Topographische Karte von Bayern 47° 54' bis 48° 2' nördl. Breite - BSB Cod.icon. 142(2
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  • 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
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