Description
Treatise on ships and shipbuilding, including information on cartography, construction and use of the compass, types of ships, and meteorology and astronomy for use in navigation. Includes references to classical and medieval authors, which at the beginning of the manuscript are noted in the margins with red ink (f. 1v-4r). Dedicated to the doge (Cristoforo Moro, who served 1462-1471) and senate of Venice.
Publication Date
9-7-2022
Keywords
Navigation -- Mediterranean Region -- Early works to 1800, Naval art and science -- Italy -- Venice -- Early works to 1800, Shipbuilding -- Italy -- Venice -- Early works to 1800, Astronomy -- Early works to 1800, Astronomy, Shipbuilding, Naval art and science, Navigation, Italy -- Venice, Mediterranean Region, Codices (bound manuscripts), Diagrams, Treatises, Tables (Data), Manuscripts Italian -- 15th century, Manuscripts Renaissance
Disciplines
Renaissance Studies
Link in Franklin
https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9948440913503681
Link in IIIF Manifest
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3w549/manifest
Recommended Citation
Porter, Dot, "Collation Model for LJS 473: [L'arte del navegare]." (2022). Collation Models. 73.
https://repository.upenn.edu/sims_models/73
Comments
The .zip file Archive contains:
VisColl collation model XML file
JSON collation model file
Folder of PNG files, one for each quire
Folder of SVG files, one for each quire
Screenshot of VCEditor view, PNG format
Screenshot of VCEditor view, PDF format (same as the main file)
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Link to sharable URL (not permanent): https://vceditor.library.upenn.edu/project/6317826cd459320001d1b0d4/viewOnly