Transiselania Dominium vernaculè Over-yssel

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

L.2004.33

Description

Hand-colored, engraved map of the Dutch province of Overysel and environs: features depicted include waterways, roads, forests, towns, churches, wharves and ships; what appear to be interior lowlands or bodies of water are marked by slight shading; various regions marked by heraldic shields; these shields include: two yellow lions on a blue field; two lions rampant, one black and one white, on a white field and black field respectively; yellow stars on a red field; yellow, red and white horizontal stripes (3 shields have this); red goose on yellow ground; anchor on blue ground; cartouche in upper left corner contains title: "TRANSISELANIA / DOMINIUM / vernaculè / OVER -YSSEL;" scrolled cartouche picked out in red, blue and yellow topped by a pile of dead creatures (rabbits and birds) and two live birds; on the left, a hunter in yellow, blue and red holds gun in left hand, dead bird in right, with dog standing by him; on the right, a hunter in orange suit and floppy hat holds staff in right hand, dead rabbit in left, with dog behind him; in upper right, "Overysel" coat of arms in orange, yellow and green consists of top half of rampant lion and helmet, scrolls and shield containing rampant lion; crested cartouche in lower left; fleur-de-lis and wings above a helmet and scrolls above a shield with a tripartite abstract design; cartouche picked out in ble and shades of pink contains following text: "Nobiliss, Amphiliss, Consultissimoq. viro / D. BARTOLDO WICHERINGE / Toparche in Noorthorm, nuper in Senatu Ordinum fede= / rati Belgii assessori prudent mo nunc verò alternis pa= / triae reip. in urbe Groninga Consuli, ac camerae provincia= / lis iudicij Hovetmanno grav ma ut at Societat. Indicae / ad Occidentem partiter negotiant atq. militants cu= / ratori spectat mo Joh. et Corn Blaeu;" above crested cartouche is a scale picked out in red and titled: "Milliar Germanica comm.;" black and white scale runs around border of map titled on each face starting at top: "Septentrio Groningen," "Oriens," "Meridies" and "Occidens;" outer border picked out in yellow; plate mark visible; written in lower right corner in pencil in a modern hand "OVERYSSEL, NETHERLANDS" and "5.00;" map, cut from a book, consists of two pages glued together with overlap; two pages are printed in Dutch with heading "De Heerlijckheydt / OVER - YSEL." and ornate capital "O;" numbers on reverse "#1" and (obscured) "049A" on white sticker with red border.

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Johannes Blaeu, Cornelius Blaeu

Date made

circa 1640

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

PCR 8011a

PCR8049a

Map 1

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

19-3/4 in

Width

23-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 19 3/4 x 23 1/2 in. (50.2 x 59.7 cm)

Material

Paper (laid), ink, Watercolor

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Staining, some severe, along all edges (particularly bad along left edge); all corners folded and/or broken; tears along left side; one tear top edge; small tears along lower right bottom.

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 28C

Note Type

Department

Note

Library