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I have seen the mappamondo
Aggio visto lo mappamondo. English & Italian.
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- Madison, WI : History of Cartography Project, Dept. of Geography, University of Wisconsin, 2000
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- 1 sheet : map ; 30 x 21 cm + 1 commentary (1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm.)
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- ocm46706074
- Title on commentary: "Aggio visto lo [m]appamondo" = [I have seen the world map].
- Poem.
- Limited ed. of 216 initialed copies.
- "This anonymous poem consists of three stanzas, each of which is followed by a refrain from which the song takes its title. The poem is a source for the fifteenth-century composer Joan Cornago's 'Missa Ayo visto lo mappamundi.' It survives in two manuscripts, suggesting its broad popularity in the Mediterranean. One was compiled by a Catalan poet-notary who lived in Naples. The composer Cornago probably gained familiarity with the song and its melody at the Neapolitan court of Alfonso I, which he visited in April 1453. This dates the song from before the middle of the fifteenth century ... Translation and commentary by Daniel Brownstein. The image of Sicily and part of Italy is taken from map 10 in Battista Agnese [portolan atlas] ca. 1544 (Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, G1001.A4 1544 ... The broadsheet is printed on Fabriano with a Vandercook No. 4 press at the Juniper Press, Madison, Wisconsin. The type is Narrow Bembo Condensed Italic set by Michael and Winifred Bixler, Skaneateles, New York. Block by Royal Graphix, La Crosse, Wisconsin"--Commentary.
- Original map, broadsheet, and commentary also available on the Internet.