Düsseldorf, Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Düsseldorf, MS G 13, fols. 28r-58r

Book of the Islands Facsimile Edition

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The Book of the Islands of the Archipelago is a manuscript of Cristoforo Buondelmonti's description of the islands and coastal areas of the Aegean Sea. Copied perhaps in Genoa after 1480, the manuscript boasts seventy-five delicately drawn and amply labeled maps of the islands and coastal areas. Important buildings, most recognizable by their particular features, are rendered in bird's-eye view. The manuscript's full-page map of Constantinople is remarkably detailed and reflects the city's topography and reality when the manuscript was copied, some sixty years after Buondelmonti wrote his description.

We have 1 facsimile edition of the manuscript "Book of the Islands": Cristoforo Buondelmonti, Liber insularum archipelagi: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Düsseldorf Ms. G 13, Faksimile facsimile edition, published by Reichert Verlag, 2005

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Manuscript book description compiled by Elizabeth C. Teviotdale.
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Cristoforo Buondelmonti, Liber insularum archipelagi: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Düsseldorf Ms. G 13, Faksimile

Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 2005

  • Commentary (German) by Effenberger, Arne; Plassmann, Max; Rijkers, Fabian
  • This is a partial facsimile of the original document, Book of the Islands: the facsimile might represent only a part, or doesn't attempt to replicate the format, or doesn't imitate the look-and-feel of the original document.

The pages are represented on a larger white background

The facsimile, in black and white, is enlarged in size compared to the original document.

The edition features both facsimile and commentary in one volume. The commentary is clearly separated in a different section.

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