Cartographica Neerlandica Background for Ortelius Map No. 49

Title: GALLIA NARBONENS. textblock in central sea area: "Maguelone, domus est cum | templo episcopi Monspesseliensis, | olim sedes episcopalis eiusdem | et dicebatur episcopatus Ma:|galonesis. In mediis stagnis est." [Maguelone is the seat and church of the bishop of Monspesselien. It was once his bishop see and is called the bishopric of Maguelone. It lies amidst of swamps]. - SABAVDIAE DVCAT. | "Auctore Ęgidio Bulionio Belgę." [France at Narbonne - The duchy of Savoye by Gilles Boileau de Bouillon the Belgian], - VENVXINI COMITA:|TVS NOVA DESCR. | Auctore Stephano Ghebellino [A new representation of the country of Venaissin by Stephano Ghebellino] (Lower right:) "Cum Priuilegio ad | decennium". [With a privilege of ten years].

Plate size: 357 x 467 mm. For each individual map size, see below. Three maps on one plate.

Identification: Ort 49a-c (Koeman/Meurer 108a-c, Karrow: 1/19a, 1/20a, 1/141)

Title 49a: Gallia Narbonensis

Scale: 1 : 1,000,000. Size: 145 x 227 mm.

Identification number: Ort 49a (Koeman/Meurer: 108a, Karrow: 1/19a, van der Krogt AN: 4652:31B).

States: 49a.1 as described;
49a.2: between 1589 and 1592, horizontal hachuring along the coastline was extended from 3 to 5 mm; lines on the sails of the ship first running from upper left to lower right now superimposed with new engraving running from lower left to upper right;

Cartographic sources: Carolus Clusius or Charles de l'Écluse (1526-1609) drew a manuscript map of this area for Ortelius (Meurer p. 127-129, Karrow 26/I p. 160-161). This is a reduced copy of plate 48a, where this map was half sheet size. Now, it is less than a quarter sheet.

Title 49b: Sabaudię

Scale: 1 : 1,300,000. Size: 200 x 227 mm.

Identification number: Ort 49b (Koeman/Meurer: 108b, Karrow: 1/20a, van der Krogt AN: 4760:31B).

States: 49b.1 as described;
49b.2: between 1589 and 1592, horizontal hachuring added to Northern coast of Lac Leman.

Cartographic sources: Gilles Boileau de Bouillon (1510-1563) made a 2-sheet map of Savoye which was published by Hieronymus Cock in 1556 (Karrow 12/20, p. 85-86, Meurer p. 116). This is a reduced copy of plate 48b, which is half sheet and also features Burgundy.

Title 49c: Venuxini

Scale: 1 : 250,000. Size: 354 x 230 mm

Identification number: Ort 49c (Koeman/Meurer: 108c, Karrow: 1/141, van der Krogt AN: 4740:31B).

States: 49c.1 as described;
49c.2: between 1589 and 1592, hachuring from upper left to lower right superimposed on mile scale middle left, which already had hachuring from lower right to upper left.

Cartographic sources: Stefano Ghebellino whose map of Venaissin appeared in 1574 (Meurer p. 156).

Occurrence in Theatrum editions and page number:

1584L3Addblank ((100 copies printed) identical with 1584L, but here without page number; last line, left aligned, in italic script like the entire text: "plura".),
1584G3Add10 in upper right corner (75 copies printed) (last line, left aligned, in Gothic script: hieuon.),
1584L26 (750 copies printed) (identical with 1584L3Add, but here with page number; last line, left aligned, in italic script like the entire text: "plura".),
1585F3Add6 (75 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: pieusement.),
1587F26 (250 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: uet parlent copieusement.),
1588S26 (300 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: VOLVNT. leese en vna piedra antigua. Mas cosas d'estas hallaras en Belleforstio,y Theueto.),
1592L27 (525 copies printed) (last line, left aligned, in cursive script like most of the text: "Apud Belleforestium & Theuetum de his plura".),
1595L29 (500 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: in antiquo lapide. Apud Belleforestium,& Theuetum de his plura.),
1598/1610/1613D23 (100 copies printed) (last line, left aligned, in Gothic script: Leser meer vinden.),
1598F34 (525 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: & Theuet parlent copieusement.),
1601L29 (200 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: gitur in antiquo lapide. Apud Belleforestium, & Theuetum de his plura.),
1602G32 (250 copies printed) (last line, left aligned, in Gothic script like the entire text: so findt man hieuon.),
1602S32 (250 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: vna piedra antigua. Mas cosas d'estas hallaras en Belleforestio, y Theueto.)
1603L32 (300 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: Theuetum de his plura.),
1606E29 (last line, left aligned: this region you may reade in "Belleforest" and "Theuet".),
1608/1612I35 (300 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: XXXIII. VOLVNT. Molte cose piu s'hanno dal Belleforesto & dal Teueto di questo paese.),
1609/1612L34 (300 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: in antiquo lapide. Apud Belleforestium, & Theuetum de his plura.).
1609/1612/1641S34 (325 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: Mas cosas d'estas hallaras en Belleforstio, y Theueto.),

Approximate number of copies printed: 5150.

Remarks: Ort 49a is a reduced version of Ort 48a and some corrections have been made. The marshes along the coast are now called "Volcarum stagna" whereas they were called "stagna" on the earlier version.

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