Description:
Philipp Apian
Altsignatur: Cim 177
Federzeichnung
Kurzaufnahme einer Handschrift
BSB-Provenienz: Nachlass Philipp Apian (1531-1589), München, alte
kurfürstliche Hofbibliothek vor 1803
Eingezeichnet sind Weiler, Kirchdörfer (rot markiert), Flüsse,
Seen und Geländemerkmale Extent:
8 Bl à 33,8 (aus mehreren Streifen verschiedener Maße versetzt
zusammengesetzt) × 14,4 - 37,3 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 49°
14' to 49° 18' 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 Duke Wilhelm V of Bavaria bought both the unpublished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 of ever since. // Autor: Traudl
Seifert Subjects:
Bavaria
943
Topographic maps
1563
912 Publication Statement:
Ingolstadt 1554-1563
