File:Piri Reis - Map of the River Nile From Its Estuary South - Google Art Project.jpg
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Piri Reis: Map of the River Nile From Its Estuary South ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q217915 Details on Google Art Project |
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Title |
Map of the River Nile From Its Estuary South title QS:P1476,en:"Map of the River Nile From Its Estuary South"
label QS:Len,"Map of the River Nile From Its Estuary South" |
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Object type | illuminated manuscripts; folios (leaves); maps | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium |
ink and pigments on laid European paper English: ink and pigments on laid European paper |
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Dimensions |
height: 35.80 mm (1.40 in); width: 65.50 mm (2.57 in) dimensions QS:P2048,35.8U174789 dimensions QS:P2049,65.5U174789 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
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Current location |
Level Not On View (Details of level on Google Art Project) room Not On View (Details of room on Google Art Project) |
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Accession number |
W.658.304B |
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Object history |
English: Ahmad Afandi [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [see folio 4a]; Ali Afandi [date and mode of acquisiton unknown] [see folio 4a]; Sayyid Ali Qapudan [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [see folio 1a]; Sultan Mahmud Khan [date and mode of acquistion unknown] [waqf seal and followed by a bequest statement (now erased), and the seal of the inspector of wakfs, Mustafá Tahir, see folio 4a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest. |
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Notes | More info at museum site | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | iAEGJEt4-L80Gg at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level |
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