Manuscript map in color on parchment of a district in the southwestern department of Tarn-et-Garonne, between Castelsarrasin, Castelferrus, and the Cistercian monastery of Belleperche, possibly to illustrate water rights between Castelferrus and Castelsarrasin. The Garonne River is depicted with bridges, mill, sandbanks, and ferry points. Buildings are illustrated in some detail and labeled by a contemporary hand. Probably made in Castelferrus between 1460 and 1545. Creased by past folds, now framed under glass.
Language:
Latin
Provenance:
Originally owned by Jean Rollet, seigneur de Castelferrus.; Appears in Simon Finch's cat. 8 (1991), no. 68.; Formerly owned by a Swiss collector; sold via Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, July 1999.; Lebreton, Gaël. “Double Vue: Étude comparée des vues de Castelferrus et Saint-Aignan (1517 et 1525): Des représentations complémentaires?” In Pour une histoire des cartes locales en Europe au Moyen Âge et à la Renaissance = Towards a history of local maps in Medieval and Early Modern Europe, edited by Juliette Dumasy-Rabineau, Camille Serchuk, and Emmanuelle Vagnon (Paris: LePassage, 2022): 147–63.
Relation:
The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs310.html
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