Map of district in Tarn-et-Garonne

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1460

Description:

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.

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

Subject:

Cistercians -- France -- Tarn-et-Garonne -- History; Water rights -- France; Manuscript maps -- Early works to 1800 -- Specimens; Manuscript maps; Water rights

Resource Type:

StillImage

Form/Genre:

Facsimiles; Early maps; Pictorial maps; Manuscripts, Latin -- 15th century; Manuscripts, Latin -- 16th century; Manuscripts, Renaissance; Specimens; Maps

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 leaf) : illustrations

Geographic Subject:

Tarn-et-Garonne (France); France

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger (viewed on 17 September 2013).; Dimensions of original manuscript: 630 x 700 mm.; Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Web, LJS 310

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)