Tractatus Insularii Archipelagi
Tractatus Insularii Archipelagi. 76 leaves; paper in a limp vellum binding.
Cristoforo Buondelmonte was from a distinguished Florentine family, who travelled extensively in the Greek archipelago during his life. The volume is dedicated to Cardinal Giardano Orsini, evident from a rubricated acrostic from the beginning of each chapter. There is another copy of Buondelmonte's work at P/13, with both maps and text in a much neater hand.
Administrative / biographical background
This book was particularly important because, though it was never printed, it became the prototype for several later isolarii, or island books, including those of Bartolommeo Sonnetti (P/21), Tommaso Porcacchi (see library catalogue: PBE9533 and PBC4612), and Antonio Millo (P/17).
Cristoforo Buondelmonte was from a distinguished Florentine family, who travelled extensively in the Greek archipelago during his life. The volume is dedicated to Cardinal Giardano Orsini, evident from a rubricated acrostic from the beginning of each chapter. There is another copy of Buondelmonte's work at P/13, with both maps and text in a much neater hand.
Administrative / biographical background
This book was particularly important because, though it was never printed, it became the prototype for several later isolarii, or island books, including those of Bartolommeo Sonnetti (P/21), Tommaso Porcacchi (see library catalogue: PBE9533 and PBC4612), and Antonio Millo (P/17).
Record Details
| Item reference: | P/20; MS1938-9919 |
|---|---|
| Catalogue Section: | Manuscript volumes acquired singly by the Museum |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Extent: | 17cm x 23.5cm |
| Date made: | 1422-01-01 - ?; 1422 |
| Creator: | Buondelmonte, Cristoforo |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |