Cristoforo Buondelmonti – Maps & Cartography
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Cristoforo Buondelmonti (Florence, c.1385 – Rhodes, after 1430)
Humanist, traveler, island cartographer, archpriest, and codex-hunter.
Maps, manuscripts, and Mediterranean memory.
Humanist, traveler, island cartographer, archpriest, and codex-hunter.
Maps, manuscripts, and Mediterranean memory.
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Cristoforo Buondelmonti: Florentine priest, humanist, traveler, and pioneer of island cartography in the early 15th century.
This is a space for historical geography, manuscripts, codices, and maps, images, archival notes, and materials from his own works. You are welcome to connect.
This is a space for historical geography, manuscripts, codices, and maps, images, archival notes, and materials from his own works. You are welcome to connect.
Map of the world (1489) by Henricus Martellus Germanus, preserved in the British Library.
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December 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Map of the world (1489) by Henricus Martellus Germanus, preserved in the British Library.
Modern map of France by Pietro del Massaio and Hugues Commineau, circa 1470-1480.
Cosmography of Ptolemy
Paris, National Library of France, Latin 4802, fol. 125v-126.
Cosmography of Ptolemy
Paris, National Library of France, Latin 4802, fol. 125v-126.
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Modern map of France by Pietro del Massaio and Hugues Commineau, circa 1470-1480.
Cosmography of Ptolemy
Paris, National Library of France, Latin 4802, fol. 125v-126.
Cosmography of Ptolemy
Paris, National Library of France, Latin 4802, fol. 125v-126.
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Jerusalem
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia; 15th century (second half); Italy (Florence); f.135r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia; 15th century (second half); Italy (Florence); f.135r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Jerusalem
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia; 15th century (second half); Italy (Florence); f.135r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF MS Latin 4802; Claudius Ptolomaeus, Cosmographia; 15th century (second half); Italy (Florence); f.135r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
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Lunar eclipse and solar eclipse
Latin MS 53; Astronomia, Joachinus de Gigantibus, Christianus Prolianus; 1478; ff.38r,39v
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Latin MS 53; Astronomia, Joachinus de Gigantibus, Christianus Prolianus; 1478; ff.38r,39v
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November 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Lunar eclipse and solar eclipse
Latin MS 53; Astronomia, Joachinus de Gigantibus, Christianus Prolianus; 1478; ff.38r,39v
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Latin MS 53; Astronomia, Joachinus de Gigantibus, Christianus Prolianus; 1478; ff.38r,39v
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November 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Cristoforo Buondelmonti, Liber Insularum Archipelagi (1420), Island of Thera (Santorini), Aegean Sea.
November 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Cristoforo Buondelmonti, Liber Insularum Archipelagi (1420), Island of Thera (Santorini), Aegean Sea.
Map of Constantinople and Galata from Buondelmonti's copy of Liber insularum Archipelagi in the Marciana National Library, dated around 1420-1430.
November 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Map of Constantinople and Galata from Buondelmonti's copy of Liber insularum Archipelagi in the Marciana National Library, dated around 1420-1430.
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Pegasus striking his hoof on the ground of Mount Helicon and creating the Hippocrene
BL Royal MS 6 E IX; Convenevole da Prato, Carmina regia; c. 1335 CE; Italy (Tuscany); f.28v
BL Royal MS 6 E IX; Convenevole da Prato, Carmina regia; c. 1335 CE; Italy (Tuscany); f.28v
November 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Pegasus striking his hoof on the ground of Mount Helicon and creating the Hippocrene
BL Royal MS 6 E IX; Convenevole da Prato, Carmina regia; c. 1335 CE; Italy (Tuscany); f.28v
BL Royal MS 6 E IX; Convenevole da Prato, Carmina regia; c. 1335 CE; Italy (Tuscany); f.28v
November 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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« Un tableau vit de son entourage, il s'élargit et s'anime dans le regard de l'observateur sensible. » – Mark Rothko ⬛🟥
Le 25 septembre 1903 naissait l'une des grandes figures de l'expressionnisme abstrait américain, Mark Rothko !
Pour en savoir plus sur cette œuvre 👉 bit.ly/CP_Rothko
Le 25 septembre 1903 naissait l'une des grandes figures de l'expressionnisme abstrait américain, Mark Rothko !
Pour en savoir plus sur cette œuvre 👉 bit.ly/CP_Rothko
September 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
« Un tableau vit de son entourage, il s'élargit et s'anime dans le regard de l'observateur sensible. » – Mark Rothko ⬛🟥
Le 25 septembre 1903 naissait l'une des grandes figures de l'expressionnisme abstrait américain, Mark Rothko !
Pour en savoir plus sur cette œuvre 👉 bit.ly/CP_Rothko
Le 25 septembre 1903 naissait l'une des grandes figures de l'expressionnisme abstrait américain, Mark Rothko !
Pour en savoir plus sur cette œuvre 👉 bit.ly/CP_Rothko
Cristoforo Buondelmonti, Liber Insularum Archipelagi (1420), Island of Rhodes, Aegean Sea
November 4, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Cristoforo Buondelmonti, Liber Insularum Archipelagi (1420), Island of Rhodes, Aegean Sea
November 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Cristoforo Buondelmonti, Liber Insularum Archipelagi (1420), Paros island, Aegean Sea
November 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Cristoforo Buondelmonti, Liber Insularum Archipelagi (1420), Paros island, Aegean Sea
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This is completely true.
November 1, 2025 at 2:09 AM
This is completely true.
Map of Constantinople by Cristoforo Buondelmonti in Liber insularum Archipelagi. Düsseldorf, Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek. Copy of Düsseldorf (1485–1490). The city (from Wikipedia the Free Encyclopedia).
October 24, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Map of Constantinople by Cristoforo Buondelmonti in Liber insularum Archipelagi. Düsseldorf, Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek. Copy of Düsseldorf (1485–1490). The city (from Wikipedia the Free Encyclopedia).
A map of Constantinople by Cristoforo Buondelmonti in Liber insularum Archipelagi. Düsseldorf, Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek. Düsseldorf copy (1485–1490).🌠
October 24, 2025 at 9:38 AM
A map of Constantinople by Cristoforo Buondelmonti in Liber insularum Archipelagi. Düsseldorf, Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek. Düsseldorf copy (1485–1490).🌠
Cristoforo Buondelmonti, Liber Insularum Archipelagi (1422), Ios Island, Aegean Sea.
October 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Cristoforo Buondelmonti, Liber Insularum Archipelagi (1422), Ios Island, Aegean Sea.
Florence - Laurentian Library, Plut. 29. 25 (planisphere by Enrico Martello, ca. 1488), ff. 66v-67r
October 16, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Florence - Laurentian Library, Plut. 29. 25 (planisphere by Enrico Martello, ca. 1488), ff. 66v-67r
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Plut. 30. 4, cc. 76v-77r (Tolomeo - Geografia - Spagna)
October 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Plut. 30. 4, cc. 76v-77r (Tolomeo - Geografia - Spagna)
The Geography (Γεωγραφικὴ Ὑφήγησις, Geōgraphikḕ Hyphḗgēsis, lit. "Geographical Guidance"), also known by its Latin names as the Geographia and the Cosmographia, is a gazetteer, an atlas, and a treatise on cartography, compiling the geographical knowledge of the 2nd-century Roman Empire.
October 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The Geography (Γεωγραφικὴ Ὑφήγησις, Geōgraphikḕ Hyphḗgēsis, lit. "Geographical Guidance"), also known by its Latin names as the Geographia and the Cosmographia, is a gazetteer, an atlas, and a treatise on cartography, compiling the geographical knowledge of the 2nd-century Roman Empire.
Vatican Apostolic Library, Vatican lat. 5699 (Piero del Massaio, ca. 1450), ff. 120v-121r
October 12, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Vatican Apostolic Library, Vatican lat. 5699 (Piero del Massaio, ca. 1450), ff. 120v-121r
Cristoforo Buondelmonti, Liber Insularum Archipelagi (1420), Milos island, Aegean Sea.
(Extracts from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
(Extracts from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
October 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Cristoforo Buondelmonti, Liber Insularum Archipelagi (1420), Milos island, Aegean Sea.
(Extracts from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
(Extracts from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Ἁγία Σοφία, Hagía Sophía
October 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Ἁγία Σοφία, Hagía Sophía