2017/12/14 by R.H.J. Peerlings, Frans Laurentius, J. van den Bovenkamp · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Historical Astronomy and Related Studies #Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies #Historical Geography and Cartography #Ptolemy's table of chords #History of the book #Order (exchange) #The Internet #History #Computer science #Classics #World Wide Web
paper · doi:10.1163/15700690-12341392
published in Quaerendo 47(3-4), 307-327 (Brill)
openalex publication_date 2017/12/14 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11
The authors conducted a study to describe the watermarks appearing in the text and map pages of the early Rome editions of Ptolemy's Cosmography in order to date individual maps. They visited several institutions and libraries in Europe in person to study the atlases. Information and photographs concerning their atlases from institutions and libraries in the United States were collected by email correspondence. Information on some atlases was found directly on the internet. The conclusion is that each edition is characterized by its own specific watermarks. Photographs of all the watermarks found in each edition are displayed in this article.