L'effigie de la ville de Constatinoble selon qu'elle est de nostre temps soubz le Turc (The effigy of the city of Constatinoble as it is of our time founded by the Turk)
Artist
Sebastian Münster
(1488 Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany - 1552 Basel, Switzerland)
Dateca. 1555
Mediumwoodcut on paper
Dimensions13 × 16 in. (33 × 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of the Albuquerque Museum Foundation from the Lucia v. B. Batten Estate
Object numberPC2020.51.37
DescriptionThis map of the city and port of Constantinople, Turkey, comes from the French edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia. The map shows an aerial view of the city and also utilizes drawings of boats and major architectural landmarks of present-day Istanbul. The map is bordered by a thin black line and has a border. Across the top of the map, within the border, it says, "L'effigie de la ville de Confantinoble felon qu'elle eft de noftre temps foubz le Turc." In the upper left corner is the number "1162." In the upper right corner is the number "1163." Below the map, there are two columns of text that describe various points and features illustrated on the map.On View
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Sebastian Münster
ca. 1568
