Dr Cyrus Ala'i's map collection of Persia. Ptolemaic maps
The Ptolemaic maps in the collection are reconstructed versions of maps based on the description of the world in Ptolemy's Geographia (c. 100 AD).
Date(s) of creation: |
[1513-1730] |
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Level: |
Sub-series |
Format: | Archive |
collection |
SOAS Archive |
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id |
MCA.01.01.01 |
recordtype |
archive |
scb_item_location |
Archive & Special Collections |
item_location |
Archive & Special Collections |
scb_loan_type |
Reference only |
callnumber |
MCA/01/01/01 |
callnumber_txt |
MCA/01/01/01 |
callnumber-sort |
MCA/01/01/01 |
prefix_number |
01 |
title |
Dr Cyrus Ala'i's map collection of Persia. Ptolemaic maps |
scb_date_creation |
[1513-1730] |
scb_level |
Sub-series |
level_sort |
7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File |
scb_extent |
9 items |
format |
Archive |
description |
The Ptolemaic maps in the collection are reconstructed versions of maps based on the description of the world in Ptolemy's Geographia (c. 100 AD). |
scb_arrangement |
Maps are arranged in chronological order. Each catalogue record gives the reference number and page number in the second edition of Dr Ala'i's book "General Maps of Persia"(Brill, 2010) for discussion of the map. |
scb_access_status |
Open |
scb_use_restrictions |
For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance |
language |
Persian English Multiple languages |
language_search |
Persian English Multiple languages |
hierarchy_top_id_raw |
MCA |
hierarchy_sequence |
MCA.0001.0001.0001 |