Meerwunder und seltzame thier : wie die in den mitnaβtigen lándern : im meer : und auff dem landtge...
Meerwunder und seltzame thier : wie die in den mitnaβtigen lándern : im meer : und auff dem landtge...
Meerwunder und seltzame thier : wie die in den mitnaβtigen lándern : im meer : und auff dem landtgefunden werden / [Sebastian Münster] ; H R M D.
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Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
[Getruckt zu Basel] [Henrichum Petri] [1550]
Alternative title
Sea Monsters
Call Numbers
RB/F 462
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500)
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
pages 1365-1368 : woodcut, hand-coloured ; 37 x 43 cm.
Content type
still image
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
sheet
Publication information
Publisher
[Getruckt zu Basel] [Henrichum Petri] [1550]
Date Published
[1550]
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Summary
Hand-coloured woodcut showing various sea-monsters, taken from the sixth book of the 1550 German edition of Sebastian Münster's 'Cosmographia'. The print shows various hypothetical sea creatures, many with tusks, horns and spouts. A giant lobster is drawn entrapping a doomed sailor in its claws. Another vignette shows a massive serpent entwined ar...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Meerwunder und seltzame thier : wie die in den mitnaβtigen lándern : im meer : und auff dem landtgefunden werden / [Sebastian Münster] ; H R M D.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
On verso, 'Das sechste buch' and 'don den Mienaβtigen landern'
Signatures: NNNN - NNNN ii.
Has Arabic pagination '1365-1368'.
Signed in the print, at the lower left of the sheet "MHF".
Additional physical form availability note
Online at the State Library of NSW.
Contextual Information
Biographical note
Biography: Sebastian Münster was a German cosmographer and Hebrew scholar, born in Ingelheim and educated at Tübingen and Heidelberg. He entered the Franciscan Order but in 1529 repudiated his monastic vows. In 1536 he moved to Basel, where he was appointed professor of mathematics at the university. His publications include the first translation...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
RB/F 462
Record Identifier
74VKVLbjWJzy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVLbjWJzy
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MMS ID
991024111818702626
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