Cartographica Neerlandica Background for Ortelius Map No. 99

Title: BRAVNSVICENSIS, | ET LVNEBVRGEN:|SIS DVCATVVM | VERA DELINEAT. - NORIMBERG. AGRI, FIDISSIMA DESCRIP. [A true depiction of the dukedoms of Braunschweig and Lüneburg] (Lower left corner:) "Cum Priuilegio decen:|nali, Imp. Reg. & | Cancel. Brabantiæ | 1590". [with a privilege of the imperial an Brabant Council]. (Cartouche along bottom:) "Habet urbs Nuremberga plateas et vicos 52. puteos aquarum 16. fontes | ex arborum truncis emanantes 12. pontes lapideos 11. publica balnea 13." [The city of Nürnberg has 52 streets and built up areas, 16 water wells, 12 springs erupting from wooded areas, 11 stone bridges, and 13 public baths].

Plate size: 311 x 476 mm. Two maps on one plate.
Identification number: Ort 99 (Koeman/Meurer 123ab, Karrow 1/167, 1/168)

Title Ort 99a: Braunsvicensis

Scale: 1 : 600,000. Size: 311 x 235 mm.

Identification number: Ort 99a (K/M: 123a, Karrow: 1/167, van der Krogt AN: 2262:31).

States: 99a.1 as above.
99a.2: after 1612 but before 1641, new borders on all sides with degrees, top/bottom 31 32 33, left/right side 53 52; top left: "Oldeclooster/Paludes" added in swamp area, bottom "Hunds/ruck", middle top "Paludes", middle right "Zom heyligen leben" added.

Cartographic sources: based on the maps Saxonia Inferior and Mecklenburg Ducatus and on Braunsweig & Meidburg from Mercator's Germaniæ tabulæ geographicæ which appeared in 1585 (Meurer p. 37).

Title Ort 99b: Norimberg

Scale: 1 : 120,000. Size: 311 x 236 mm.

Identification number: Ort 99b (K/M: 123b, Karrow: 1/168, van der Krogt AN: 2580:31).

States: 99b.1 as described.
99b.2: shortly after 1589, Camerarius' name removed from dedication.
99b.3: after 1612 but before 1641, new borders on all sides with degrees, top/bottomside 5 10 15 20 25; left/right side 30 25 20 15.

Cartographic sources: Jörg Nöttelein (1525-1567) made 4-block woodcut map of the Nürnberg area dated 1559 and cut by Hans Weigel which served as Ortelius' model. In 1563 Nöttelein produced a four-sheet engraved map of the same area (Meurer p. 208-209).

Occurrence in Theatrum editions and page number:
1590L4Addblank (100 copies printed) (identical in text and typesetting with 1592L, but here without page number; last line, left aligned: stitutis,libellus Conradi Celtes poëtæ laureati.),
1591G4Addblank (75 copies printed) (last line, left aligned, mostly in Gothic script: lein "Conradi Celtis Poetæ Laureati" vorhanden.),
1592L55 (525 copies printed) (identical in text and typesetting with 1590L4Add, but here with page number 55; last line, left aligned: stitutis,libellus Conradi Celtes poëtæ laureati.),
1595L58 (500 copies printed) (3rd line from the bottom ends: interluitur ; last line, left aligned: stella & propugnacula. Exstat amplissima de huius vrbis origine, situ, moribus, & institutis, libellus Conradi Celtis poëtæ laureati.),
1598F60 or 59 (525 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: large l'origine,situation,meurs & coutumes de cette ville.),
1598/1610/1613D46 (100 copies printed) (last line, in Gothic script like the entire text, centred like 9 lines above it: "taghius"),
1601L58 (200 copies printed) (3rd line from the bottom ends: amne ; last line, left aligned: stella & propugnacula. Exstat amplissima de huius vrbis origine, situ, moribus, & institutis,libellus Conradi Celtis poëtæ laureati.),
1602G61 (250 copies printed) (last line, left aligned, mostly in Gothic script like the entire text: Statt/ist das herrliche Buchlein Conradi Celtis Poetæ Laureati vorhanden.),
1602S61 or 58 (250 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: Ay vn librillo de Conrardo Celtis Poeta laureato,qual cuenta complidamente la origen,el sitio,costumbres, y institutiones de esta Ciudad.),
1603L61 (300 copies printed) (last line, in small italic font, left aligned: "moribus, & institutis, libellus Conradi Celtis poëta laureati".),
1606E58 (300 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: tuation,maners and customes of this citie, you haue a notable discourse written by "Conradus Celtis", a Poet laureat.),
1608/1612I66 (300 copies printed) (last line, left aligned, in cursive script like the entire Nürnberg text: "nes, dize caxta distesißimanente l'origine di queste citta, il sito, li costumi, & l'vsanza."),
1609/1612L65 (300 copies printed) (last line, left aligned, in very small font: plissima de huius vrbis origine, situ,moribus, & institutis, libellus Conradi Celtis poëta laureati.),
1609/1612/1641S64 (325 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: reato,qual cuenta complidamente la origen,el sitio,costumbres, y institutiones de esta Ciudad.).

Approximate number of copies printed: 4050.

Remarks: Joachimus Camerarius successfully begs Ortelius to remove the dedication with his name from the Nürnberg map for political reasons (Hessels 169, 1589).

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