The Leardo Map of the World, 1452 or 1453: In the Collections of the American Geographical SocietyWright, John Kirtland
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The Leardo Map of the World, 1452 or 1453: In the Collections of the American Geographical Society
Wright, John Kirtland
Early maps; Leardo, Giovanni
Figs. 2 and 3—Passages from mid-eighteenth century manuscripts in
the Library of St. Mark’s, Venice, in which reference is made to a
map by Giovanni Leardo, dated 1447. See note 4.
[Illustration: Fig. 2—from manuscript of the Doge Marco Foscarini.]
[Illustration: Fig. 3—from manuscript of Giovanni Agostini.]
[5]Although the Society’s map is not, perhaps, one of the great,
outstanding monuments of medieval cartography, the assertion of
Theobald Fischer (_Sammlung mittelalterlicher Welt- und Seekarten_,
Venice, 1886, p. 104) that the Leardo maps of 1448 and 1452 were
“von geringem Wert,” seems too harsh.
[6]There follows a transcription of this legend. Missing passages
supplied from the Vicenza map as transcribed on Santarem’s
reproduction are given in square brackets:
_... chreatore de Tute le Cose chreate et non chreato et E En 3
persone et una medexima sustanzia et uno Idio El quale En .i.inita
(divinita?) E Incomprensibelle aiomeni et aianzelli quanti uisono
dal zentro per sino Ala zirconferenzia En umanita ... | ... ene
Maria et farsi homo pasibelle et sostener morte per Redimer Lumana
zenerazione et resusito Il Terzo zorno et asexe ... (en?) ziello ala
destera del padre et al nouisimo di zudigera zusti et pechatori. Al
nome de quel dio che cosi veramente chre ... at_|
_... como La Tera et le Ixole stano nel mare et Molte prouinzie et
monti et fiumi prenzipalli sono nela Tera El diamitro dela Tera sie
meglia 6857 secondo Macobrio ezelentisimo Astrologo et geumetrico.
El diamitro de Laqua| [sie meia 14796. El diametro de laiere sie
m]eglia 31929¹/₇. E diamitro del fuoguo 68191²/₇. El diamitro de La
Luna sie meglia 147149. El diamitro de mercurio sie meia 20(?)7533.
El diamitro de venus sie meglia 692703. El diamitro del solle sie
meia 1494781. El diamitro de mar(te) |... eia 6532374¹/₇ (Jupiter).
El diamitro de saturno sie Meia 13997942⁴/₇. diamitrus horbis
signiorum sie meia 29995591. diamitrus horbis aplanes sie meia
64276266⁵/₇. diamitrus horbis christalini sie meia 137724(?)856.
pitagora dize che da La |...._
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