/ en /node/2597 <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2022-12/The%20world%20map%20in%20Mercator%E2%80%99s%20atlas%2C%20utilising%20the%20now%20famous%20Mercator%20projection.jpg.webp?itok=NCSBzHYR" width="655" height="435" alt="The world map in Mercator’s atlas, utilising the now famous Mercator projection—°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, BT1.32.7" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> Representing Reality: A Century of Dutch Golden Age Maps at °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">William Shire</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2022): 18</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/412" hreflang="en">Maps</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/413" hreflang="en">Atlases</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/80" hreflang="en">Library Antiquarian</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/414" hreflang="en">Abraham Ortelius</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/415" hreflang="en">BT1.24.1</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/416" hreflang="en">Gerardus Mercator</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/417" hreflang="en">BT1.32.7</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/418" hreflang="en">Andreas Cellarius</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/419" hreflang="en">BT1.32.8</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library holds a trio of beautiful Dutch Golden Age atlases: a fine copy of one of the first world atlases ever produced, the <em>Theatrum Orbis Terrarum</em> from 1584, a tenth edition of Gerhard Mercator’s famous atlas from 1630, and Andreas Cellarius’s <em>Harmonia Macrocosmica</em> of 1660.</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, BT1.32.7—<em>Gerardi Mercatoris Atlas</em> (1630)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library and Archives, Oxford</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2022-12/18NCN5%20%282022%29%20Shire%20on%20Representing%20Reality.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=1220058" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">18NCN5 (2022) Shire on Representing Reality.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">1.16 MB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Thu, 29 Dec 2022 20:29:25 +0000 Christopher 2597 at