Author
Piri Reis (Turkish, 1465-1555)
Publication Date
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)
Publication Place
Turkey (Place of Origin) -
Subject
Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World, Islamic Manuscripts
Type
Document
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
Folio H: 13 3/8 x W: 9 7/16 in. (34 x 24 cm); H open in cradle at 0°: 18 1/4 x 14 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. (46.36 x 36.2 x 21.59 cm); H open in cradle at 10°: 18 1/4 x 13 3/4 x 10 in. (46.36 x 34.93 x 25.4 cm)
Library
The Walters Art Museum
Record ID
W.658
Library Location
Not on view
Date
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)
Notes
Originally composed in 932 AH/AD 1525 and dedicated to Sultan Süleyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH/AD 1555) on navigation was later revised and expanded. Walters manuscript W.658, made mostly in the late 11th century AH/AD 17th, is based on the later expanded version and has some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map (fol. 41a) with the outline of the Americas, as well as maps of coastlines (bays, capes, peninsulas), islands, mountains, and cities of the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea. The work starts with the description of the coastline of Anatolia and the islands of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnese peninsula, and the eastern and western coasts of the Adriatic Sea. It then proceeds to describe the western shores of Italy, southern France, Spain, North Africa, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, western Anatolia, various islands north of Crete, the Sea of Marmara, Bosporus, and the Black Sea. It ends with a map of the shores of the Caspian Sea (fol. 374a).
Sergi Ayrıntıları
Pearls on a String: Artists, Patrons, and Poets at the Great Islamic Courts. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Asian Art Museum, San Francisco., Egypt’s Mysterious Book of the Faiyum. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore., Poetry and Prayer: Islamic Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore., Maps: Finding Our Place in the World. The Field Museum, Chicago; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore., Expanding World Views: A Millennium of Maps. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
Sergi Yılı
2015-2016, 2013-2014, 2010, 2007-2008, 2001-2002
Bağış/Edinim
Acquired by Henry Walters
