Cartographica Neerlandica Background for Ortelius Map No. 100

Title: FRANCIĈ ORIENTALIS (VVLGO | FRANCKENLANT) DESCRIPTIO, | AVCTORE, SEBAST.A. ROTENHAN. [A depiction of East Francia, vulgarly called Frankenland, by Sebastian A. Rotenhan] - MONASTERI:|ENSIS ET OS:|NABVRGENSIS | EPISCOPATVS | DESCRIPTIO | "Auctore Godefrido Mas:|cop Embricense." [Depiction of the episcopate of Münster and Osnabrück by Godefridus Mascop of Emden]. (Lower right:) "Cum priuilegio." [With privilege].

Plate size: 364 x 510 mm. Two maps on one plate.

Identification number: Ort 100 (Koeman/Meurer: 24ab, Karrow: 1/33, 1/34)

Title 100a: Franciĉ.

Scale: 1 : 650,000. Size: 364 x 252 mm.

Identification number: Ort 100a (Koeman/Meurer: 24a, Karrow: 1/33, vdKrogtAN: 2550:31).

States: 100a.1 above.
100a.2: in the 1641 Spanish edition the cartouche lacks the third line of the title containing the attribution to Rotenhan; also, a new border has been made with longitude and latitude numbers. Hanau, Mayn fluv. are added, and numerous other small changes.

Cartographic sources: Sebastian Rotenhan (1478-1532) (Meurer p. 224-225, Karrow p. 64/1 453-456), whose map was published in 1543.

Title 100b: Monasteriensis.

Scale: 1 : 600,000. Size: 364 x 251 mm.

Identification number: Ort 100b (Koeman/Meurer: 24b, Karrow: 1/34, vdKrogtAN: 2580:31).

States: 100b.1 above.
100b.2: "Frisia" at top right of cartouche appeared in 1574L.
100b.3: in the 1641 Spanish edition a new border with latitude numbers was engraved in the left and right borders, and the priuilegio erased. In the lower right, rivers are added. COM : DIEFHOLT" near border middle right now in two lines.

Cartographic sources: Godfried Mascop, abt. 1535-1577 or later (Meurer p. 191, Karrow 54/1 p. 367-370), whose map was published in 1568 by Remigius Hogenberg.

Occurrence in Theatrum editions and page number:

1570L(AC)24 (225 copies printed) (second word fourth text line vulgo not italic; last line, centred like one line above it: factus,supplicium de illis,Regeque illorum (vti meruerant) sumpsit),
1570L(B)24 (100 copies printed) (second word fourth text line "vulgo" italic; last line, centred like one line above it: factus,supplicium de illis,Regeque illorum (vti meruerant) sumpsit),
1571L24 (275 copies printed) (last line, centred like 3 lines above it: illorum (vti meruerant) sumpsit.),
1571/1573D24 (350 copies printed) (last line, in cursive script like the entire text, centred like two lines above it: "een Jaer voor ghelegen hadde,de selue weder in creech".),
1572/1574F24 (225 copies printed) (last line, centred like one line above it, in cursive script like the entire Westfalen section: "enuiron vn an il s'en saisit, la reprint desdits Anabaptistes".),
1572G24 pasted over p.24 of a 1570L edition; few copies printed)(last line, left aligned, in Gothic script: dienet hatten/ gestraffet.),
1572/1573G24 (225 copies printed) (last line, cursive like the entire Münster text, centred like 3 lines above it: "gen war, die selb wider eroberte."),
1573L(A)30 (40 copies printed) (line 16 from the top ends: remin- ; last line, centred like one line above it: factus,supplicium de illis,Regeque illorum (vti meruerant) sumpsit.),
1573L(B)30 (40 copies printed) (line 16 from the top ends: rem in- ; last line, centred like one line above it: factus,supplicium de illis,Regeque illorum (vti meruerant) sumpsit.),
1574L30 (175 copies printed) (large page number, 11 mm; after title there is a round dot; 17th line from the bottom ends with CAROLVS, where second to seventh letter are of equal size; last line, centred like 3 lines above it: rum(uti meruerant)sumpsit.),
1575L30 (100 copies printed) (small page number, 7 mm; after title, there is a diamond-shaped dot; 17th line from the bottom ends with CAROLVS, where the second letter is smaller than the following 5 letters; last line, centred like 3 lines above it: rum(uti meruerant)sumpsit.),
1579L(A)46 (250 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: plicium de illis , regeque illorum (vti meruerant) sumpsit.),
1579L(B)46 (250 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: de illis,regeque illorum (vti meruerant) sumpsit.),
1580/1589G46 (350 copies printed) (last line, centred like 4 lines above it, in Gothic script: dienst gestrafft.),
1581F46 (400 copies printed) (last line, left aligned, in cursive script like the entire Munster text: "ladite ville enuiron un an,il s'en saisit,& la reprint desdites Anabaptistes".),
1584L52 (750 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: de illis,regeque illorum (vti meruerant) sumpsit.),
1587F52 (250 copies printed) (last line, left aligned, in cursive script like the entire Münster text: "il s'en saisit, & la reprint desdits Anabaptistes."),
1588S52 (300 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: el eran , hizo justitia d'ellos y de su Rey segun merescian.),
1592L56 (525 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: plicium de illis,Regeque illorum (vti meruerant)sumpsit.),
1595L59 (500 copies printed) (7th line from the bottom ends: Episcopatu, & ; last line, left aligned: supplicium de illis, Regeque illorum (vti meruerant) sumpsit.),
1598F61 (525 copies printed) (last line, left aligned, in cursive script like the entire Münster text: "sit,& la reprints desdits Anabaptistes".),
1601L59 (200 copies printed) (7th line from the bottom ends: Osna- ; last line, left aligned: supplicium de illis, Regeque illorum ( vti meruerant ) sumpsit.),
1602G62 (250 copies printed) (last line, centred like 3 lines above it, in Gothic script like the entire text: nach verdienst gestrafft.),
1602S62 (250 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: los que con eleran, hizo justitia d'ellos y de su Rey segun merescian.),
1603L62 (300 copies printed) (text, but not typesetting identical with 1609/1612L; 10th line from the bottom ends: de- ; last line, left aligned: supplicium de illis,Regeque illorum(vti meruerant)sumpsit.),
1606E59 (300 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: both them and their King, as they deserued.),
1608/1612I67 (300 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: meritauano.),
1609/1612L66 (300 copies printed) (text, but not typesetting identical with 1603L; 10th line from the bottom ends dede- ; last line, left aligned: supplicium de illis,Regeque illorum(vti meruerant)sumpsit.),
1609/1612/1641S65 (325 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: los que con el eran , hizo justitia d'ellos y de su Rey segun merescian.).

Approximate number of copies printed: 8075.

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