MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0042821
Shelfmark:
Marischal Museum #30421
Holding Institution:
Historic Collections, University of Aberdeen
Title:
Abredoniae novae et veteris descriptio = A description of new and of old Aberdeens, with the places neerest adjacent / auctore Jacobo Gordono.
Imprint:
[S.l. : s.n., 1661]
Creator:
Gordon, James (b.1615?, d.1686)
Creator Role:
Mapmaker
Creator:
Keith, Robert, Bishop of Fife (b.1681, d.1757)
Creator Role:
Associated Person
Creator:
Gray, Gilbert
Creator Role:
Dedicatee
Date:
1661-1750
Description:
On 16 October 1661, Parson James Gordon of Rothiemay presented his newly produced map of Aberdeen to the town council, who rewarded him with, 'a silver piece or cup of 20 oz of silver, a silk hat ... and a silk gown'. A note on the map, dated 1750, states that the map and a coin were given to Marischal College, Aberdeen. The handwriting has been identified as belonging to Bishop Robert Keith, a historian and collector who made several donations to his former university. Of particular interest are a series of annotations, mostly in Latin, apparently in a different handwriting. They are corrections and annotations to the map. For example in Old Aberdeen 'Cluyns Garden' is corrected to 'Cluny' and by the Queen's Links there appears to be an instruction on redrawing Broad Hill.
Work Type:
Printed map/plan
Measurement:
59.9 x 47.4cm (1' 11 9/16" x 1' 6 11/16")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Uncoloured
Subject Place:
Aberdeen
Subject Place:
Scotland
Reference:
Moir, D.G., Early maps of Scotland, v.2, 1983, p.245.
Rights Statement:
© 2002 Historic Collections, University of Aberdeen
Repro File Type:
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes):
108370166
Repro Title:
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Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0042821c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00001480
Repro Description:
Scanned under glass and within frame
Repro Capture Date:
06/10/2000 12:28:00

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