Cartographica Neerlandica Background for Ortelius Map No. 139

Title: REGNI NEAPOLITANI VERISSI:|MA SECVNDVM ANTIQVORVM ET | RECENTIORVM TRADITIONEM DE:|SCRIPTIO, PYRRHO LIGORIO AVCT. [A very true representation of the kingdom of Naples in the tradition of the ancients and modern sources, by Pirro Ligorio]. (Lower left:) "Cum priuilegio." [With privilege]; (Middle right:) "Hic manna | colligitur". [Here manna is gathered].

Plate size: 366 x 499 mm
Scale: 1 : 1,250,000
Identification number: Ort 139 (Koeman/Meurer: 37, Karrow: 1/50, vdKrogtAN: 7400:31).

Occurrence in Theatrum editions and page number:

1570L(AC)37 (225 copies printed) (second line of title NEAPOLITANVM followed by a dot; last line, centred like two lines above it: Peninsulam (quam hodie Puliam vocant)descripsit.),
1570L(B)37 (100 copies printed) (second line of title NEAPOLITANVM not followed by a dot; last line, centred like two lines above it: Peninsulam (quam hodie Puliam vocant)descripsit.),
1571L37 (275 copies printed) (second line of title NEAPOLITANVM not followed by a dot; last line, centred like two lines above it: Peninsulam (quam hodie Puliam vocant)descripsit.),
1571/1573D37 (350 copies printed) (last line, centred like three lines above it: soo gheerne gevvoont hebben.),
1572G37Koler (pasted over p.37 of a 1570L edition; few copies printed)(last line, left aligned, in Gothic script except for one name: heuttiges tags Pulia heist/sehr künstlich beschriben.),
1572/1573G37 (225 copies printed) (last line, centred like one line above it: alwegen treffentlichen personen so gern gehauset vnd gevvonet haben.),
1572/1574F37 (225 copies printed) (last line, centred like 4 lines above it: tenuz si volontiers.),
1573L(A)49 (40 copies printed) (last line, centred like two lines above it: hic à Hieronymo Ruscello editus est lingua Italica).
1573L(B)49 (40 copies printed) (last line, centred like three lines above it: editus est lingua Italica.),
1574L49 (175 copies printed) (large page number, 11 mm; except for size of page number, this text is identical with that of 1575L; last line, centred like 2 lines above it: hic à Hieronymo Ruscello editus est lingua Italica. ; full stop dot after second title line exactly in height at thye same level as the middle of preceding M.),
1575L49 (100 copies printed) (small page number, 7 mm; last line, centred like 2 lines above it: hic à Hieronymo Ruscello editus est lingua Italica. ; no full stop dot after second title line.),
1579L(A)68 (250 copies printed) (last line, centred like 2 lines above it: suam Calabriam litteris comprehendit.),
1579L(B)68 (250 copies printed) (last line, centred like 3 lines above it: Sanfelicus Campaniam.),
1580/1589G68 (350 copies printed) (last line, centred like 5 lines above it, in Gothic script like the entire text: begriffen.),
1581F68 (400 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: nant,les grands & notables Personages s'y son tenuz si volontiers.),
1584L75 (750 copies printed) (last line, centred like 2 lines above it: dit:& Sanfelicius Campaniam.),
1587F75 (250 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: grands & notables Personages s'y sont tenuz si volontiers.),
1588S75 (300 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: Calabria; y Sanfelicio a Campania.),
1592L81 (525 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: comprehendit,& Sanfelicius Campaniam.),
1595L85 (500 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: ris comprehendit,& Sanfelicius Campaniam.),
1598F87 (525 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: tenant, les grands & notables Personages s'y sont tenuz si volontiers.),
1598/1610/1613D59 (100 copies printed) (last line, centred like 3 lines above it: persoonen soo gheerne ghewoont hebben.),
1601L85 (200 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: suam Calabriam litteris comprehendit,& Sanfelicius Campaniam.),
1602G88 (250 copies printed) (last line, centred like 7 lines above it, in Gothic script like the entire text: fen.),
1602S88 (250 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: situacion d'esta region.Gabriel Barrio ha declarado en sus escritos su Calabria; y Sanfelicio a Campania.),
1603L88 (300 copies printed) (text, but not page number and typesetting, are identical with 1609/1612L; last line, left aligned: curatè admodum suam Calabriam litteris comprehendit, & Sanfelius Campaniam.),
1606E85 (300 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: scribed "Calabria", his natiue country, as "Sanfelicius" hath done "Campania".),
1608/1612I97 (300 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: la Campagna Felice.),
1609/1612L98 (300 copies printed) (text, but not page number and typesetting, are identical with 1603L; last line, left aligned: curatè admodum suam Calabriam litteris comprehendit, & Sanfelius Campaniam.),
1609/1612/1641S98 (325 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: clarando en sus escritos su Calabria; y Sanfelicio a Campania.).

Approximate number of copies printed: 8175.

States: 139.1 as described.
139.2: between 1575 and 1579, the coastlines were touched up, resulting in steep, rather than rounded hachuring, e.g. above "Castrum" and "Trecase" in Calabria, upper right on the map.

Cartographic sources: Pirro Ligorio, (1530-1580) (Karrow 51/5, p. 349-358, Meurer p. 185-186). The "Catalogus Auctorum" also mentions Naples maps of Prosper Parisius, Paulus Canius Genuensis 1582 and Collantonius Stigliola.

Remarks: Ligorio was best known as an architect. He was involved in the building of St. Peter's in Rome.

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