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Cosmographia Universalis

Description Conservation Exhibitions Provenance Credit

Description Sebastian Münster, a German cartographer, cosmographer, and Hebrew scholar, worked at the University of Basel. His Universal Cosmography, first published in 1544, was the earliest German description of the world. It was published in multiple editions, including translations into Latin, French, English, and Italian.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
9/07/2012	Treatment	binding stabilized

Exhibitions

Faces of Ancient Arabia: The Giraud and Carolyn Foster Collection of South Arabian Art. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2008.
Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton. 2012-2013.

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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Creators

Sebastian Münster (German, 1489-1552) (Author)
Swiss (Other)

Period

1575

Medium

printed book with woodcut illustrations
(Manuscripts & Rare Books)

Accession Number

92.112

Measurements

Closed H: 12 13/16 x W: 8 3/4 x D: 3 3/8 in. (32.5 x 22.3 x 8.5 cm); Page 1229 H: 12 1/4 x W: 7 9/16 in. (31.1 x 19.2 cm); Map 13v H: 5/16 x W: 7 9/16 in. (31.2 x 19.2 cm); Map 13r H: 12 5/16 x W: 7 9/16 in. (31.2 x 19.2 cm); Open, Page 1229 H: 12 1/4 x W: 15 1/2 x D: 7 in. (31.12 x 39.37 x 17.78 cm); Open, Maps 13r-13v H: 12 1/4 x W: 14 1/2 x D: 8 in. (31.12 x 36.83 x 20.32 cm)

Geographies

Germany, Cologne (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View