Merlo's Map Of Reformation Venice

The Newberry library inwards Chicago has a major exhibition on Religious Change together with Print, 1450-1700 opening on September 14th. In back upward of this exhibition they bring seat together an online collection of the Newberry's manuscripts, maps together with images from the Reformation. This includes a superb interactive presentation of Giovanni Merlo’s engraved map of Venice from 1676.

The Newberry's interactive version of Merlo's Map includes information close the engraving together with simply about of the Venetian locations depicted inwards the map. The colored circles on the map selection out simply about of Reformation Venice's most of import churches, monasteries together with printing centers. You tin seat the sack click on these circles to larn to a greater extent than close each highlighted place together with sentiment other illustrations of the place from the Newberry collection.

If y'all pick out the 'toggle maps' push clit (from the navigation buttons running downwards the centre of the interactive) y'all tin seat the sack straight compare Merlo's Map side-by-side amongst other vintage maps of Venice. These other maps include Jacopo de Barbari 1500 map of Venice, Benedetto Bordon's map of 1534 together with Paolo Forlani's Venetia from 1566.


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