Binding from Book on Navigation

Description Provenance Credit

Description This later binding from Walters manuscript W.658 is composed of larger size boards and has a flap. The binding has a central panel and side panels richly decorated and brushed over with gilt, doublures of red leather with a central lobed oval, and corner pieces in the shape of a dentelle, with filigree work.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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Creator

Islamic (Artist)

Period

n.d.

Medium

boards covered with red leather with gilt
(Manuscripts & Rare Books)

Accession Number

W.658.binding

Measurements

Folio H: 13 3/8 x W: 9 7/16 in. (34 x 24 cm); H open in cradle: 14 1/8 x W: 25 13/16 x D: 5 13/16 in. (35.8 x 65.5 x 14.7 cm)

Location Within Museum

Not On View

Map of the Islands of Skyros and Euboea	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.56A	Accession

Map of the River Nile From Its Estuary South	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.304B	Accession

The City of Cairo	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.305A	Accession

Map of the Eastern Part of the City of Venice	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.185B	Accession

Map of the Western Part of the City of Venice	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.186A	Accession

Book on Navigation	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658	Accession
smyrne, sicily, rhodes, pasman, otranto, sea, mediterranean, marseille, grenada, ancona, cairo, messina, zadar, sardinia, catanzaro, trieste, ferrara, genoa, ottoman	Tags

Map of the Algerian Coast From Algiers to Bejaia	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.271B	Accession

Map of the City of Constantinople	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.370B	Accession

Oval World Map	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.41A	Accession

World Map in a Double Hemisphere	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.40B	Accession

Map of the Coastline of the Western Aegean Sea as Far South as the Island of Euboea	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.63A	Accession

Map of the Islands of the Aegean Sea Including Chios, Cos, Rhodes and Crete	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.101A	Accession

Map of the Northeastern Tip of Rhodes Island Facing the Anatolian Coast with the Island of Syme	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.100B	Accession

Map of the Methana Fortress in the Saronikos Bay	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.130B	Accession

Map of Messiniakos Bay	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.129A	Accession

Leaf from Book on Navigation	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.186B	Accession

Map of the Anatolian Coast as Far as Alanya	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.328A	Accession

Map of the Coastline of the Black Sea	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.371B	Accession

Map of the Crimea, the Sea of Azov, and the Mouth of the Dnieper	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.372A	Accession

Illuminated Headpiece and Frame	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.4B	Accession

Oval Map of the World	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.23B	Accession

Map of the Upper Aegean Sea with the Islands of Imbros and Bozca	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.39B	Accession

Map of the Island of Bozjah (Tenedos) Off the Coast of Anatolia	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.43A	Accession

Map of the Islands of Semendrek and Imroz in the Aegean Sea	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.44B	Accession

Map with Part of the European Coastline with the Islands of Semendrek and Imroz in the Aegean Sea	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.45B	Accession

Map of the Island of Lemnos	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.47A	Accession

Map of the Area West of the Island of Thasos and the Ayion Oros Peninsula	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.49A	Accession

Map of the Bay of Salonica	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.51A	Accession

Map of the Bay of Salonica and the Western Coastline	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.52B	Accession

Map of the Island of Midilli in the Northeastern Aegean Sea	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.62A	Accession

Map of the Sea of Marmara and the Islands of the Eastern Aegean Sea from Semendrek to Chios	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.62B	Accession

Map of the Eastern Mediterranean, Aegean and the Black Sea	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.63B	Accession

Map of Western Europe and North Africa	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.64A	Accession

Map of the Anatolian Coast Around the Bay of Izmir	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.68B	Accession

Map of Chios Island Facing Kysos Fortress on the Anatolian Side	Title
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)	Period
W.658.70A	Accession