Catalan Atlas

The Catalan Atlas (Catalan: Atles català, Eastern Catalan: [ˈaɫːəs kətəˈɫa], Western Catalan: [ˈaɫːes kataˈɫa], archaic spelling: Atlas Catalan) is the most important map of the medieval period (drawn and written in 1375) in the Catalan language. It was produced by the Majorcan cartographic school and is attributed to Cresques Abraham (also known as "Abraham Cresques"), a Jewish book illuminator who was self-described as a master of the maps of the world as well as compasses. It has been in the royal library of France (now the Bibliothèque nationale de France) since the time of King Charles V. The Catalan Atlas originally consisted of six vellum leaves folded down the middle, painted in various colors including gold and silver. The leaves are now cut in half. Each half-leaf is mounted on o

Catalan Atlas

The Catalan Atlas (Catalan: Atles català, Eastern Catalan: [ˈaɫːəs kətəˈɫa], Western Catalan: [ˈaɫːes kataˈɫa], archaic spelling: Atlas Catalan) is the most important map of the medieval period (drawn and written in 1375) in the Catalan language. It was produced by the Majorcan cartographic school and is attributed to Cresques Abraham (also known as "Abraham Cresques"), a Jewish book illuminator who was self-described as a master of the maps of the world as well as compasses. It has been in the royal library of France (now the Bibliothèque nationale de France) since the time of King Charles V. The Catalan Atlas originally consisted of six vellum leaves folded down the middle, painted in various colors including gold and silver. The leaves are now cut in half. Each half-leaf is mounted on o