Cartographica Neerlandica Background for Ortelius Map No. 94

© Marcel van den Broecke © Title: MANSFEL:/DIÆ COMI:/TATVS DE:/SCRIPTIO. auctore/Tilemanno Stella sig. [A depiction of the Earldom of Mansfeld drawn by Tilemannus Stella] (left bottom corner:) Franc: Hogenb: ex vero sculpsit [Truly engraved by Franciscus Hogenberg]

Plate size: 372 x 432 mm
Scale: 1 : 175,000
Identification number: Ort 94 (Koeman/Meurer: 58, Karrow: 1/82, van der Krogt AN: 2150:31).

Occurrence in Theatrum editions and page number:
1573L1Add24.A. (100 copies printed) (identical to some 1573L copies, but with different page number; last line, full width: fodinæ.&c.describêtur ;additis earundê antiquitatibus,originibus,& historiis.),
1573D1Add/1573D24A (150 copies printed) (last line, centered like four lines above it: antiquiteiten,beghinselen ende historien.),
1574F1Add/1574F24A (125 copies printed) (last line, centered like 8 lines above it: antiquitez, origines & histoires.),
1573L28 (75 copies printed) (version A of text,identical to 1573L1Add except for page number; last line, full width: fodinæ.&c.describêtur ;additis earundê antiquitatibus,originibus,& historiis.); version B, different from 1573L1Add and version A: last line, centered like 2 lines above it: antiquitatibus,originibus,& historijs.),
1573G1Add/1573G24.A. (150 copies printed) (last line, centered like 5 lines above it: len beschrieben vverden.),
1574L28 (175 copies printed) (large page number, 11 mm; 15th line from the top begins: bergensem, Dominum ; last line, full width: fodinæ.&c.describentur;additis earundem antiquitatibus,originibus,& historiis.),
1575L28 (100 copies printed) (small page number, 7 mm; 15th line from the top begins: bergensem , Dominum ; last line, full width: fodinæ.&c.describentur;additis earundem antiquitatibus,originibus,& historiis.),
1579LA42 (250 copies printed) (last line, full width: fodinæ.&c.describetur;additis earunde antiquitatibus,originibus,&historiis.),
1579LB42 (250 copies printed) (last line, centered like 3 lines above it: tibus,originibus,&historijs.),
1580/1589G42 (350 copies printed) (last line, centered like 3 lines above it, in Gothic script: sein.),
1581F42 (400 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: tez,origines & histoires.),
1584L48 (750 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: antiquitatibus,originibus,& historiis.),
1587F48 (250 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: scrites ; ensemble leurs antiquitez, origines & histoires.),
1588S48 (300 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: añadidas sus antiguedades, origines y historias.),
1592L50 (525 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: tatibus, originibus & historiis.),
1595L53 (500 copies printed) (5th line from the bottom ends: hu ; last line, left aligned: tiquitatibus,originibus&historiis.),
1598F55 (525 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: scrites;ensemble leurs antiquitez, origines & histoires.),
1601L53 (200 copies printed) (5th line from th bottom ends: massam ; last line, left aligned: tiquitatibus , originibus & historiis.),
1602S56 (250 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: dades,origines y historias.),
1602G55 (250 copies printed) (last line, centered like 4 lines above it, in Gothic script like the entire text: und beschiben sein.),
1603L56 (300 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: antiquitatibus,originibus & historiis.),
1606E55* (300 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: Antiquities,Records, Pedigrees, and such other historicall matters of the same.),
1608/1612I61 (300 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: aggiungendoui l'antichita loro , l'origini , & l'histoirie.),
1609/1612/164159 (325 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: añadidas, sus antiguedes,origines y historias.),
1609/1612L60 (300 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: dem antiquitatibus,originibus & historiis.).

Approximate number of copies printed: 7200.

States: 94.1 as described above.
94.2: from 1587F onwards, "ex vero" has been removed.
94.3: from 1641S newly engraved border with scale numbers but without further topological changes.

Cartographic sources: Stella 1561, reworked by Mellinger 1571 (Meurer p. 246, 151, 193, Karrow 72/7.2 p. 505-506, 55/2 p. 372).

Remarks: Brandmair calls this map a masterpiece of accuracy.

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