posted Mar 7, 2011 12:00 PM by Juan Ceva
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Register of Medieval Cartographers Active in the Port of Majorca by G. Llompart. English translation of "Registro de Cartógrafos Medievales Activos en el Puerto de Mallorca", Anuario de Estudios Medievales, CSIC, 27/2, Barcelona, 1997.
Image of the medieval port of Majorca as it appears in the background of the altarpiece of San Jordi (St. George) by Pere Niçard (late XV c.) |
posted Feb 7, 2011 10:29 AM by Juan Ceva
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updated Mar 7, 2011 11:56 AM
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The Identity of Jaume Ferrer The Seafarer (1346) by G. Llompart. English
translation
of G. Llompart, “La Identitat de Jaume Ferrer, El Navegant (1346)”,
Memòries de l'Acadèmia Malloquina d'Estudis Genealògics, Heràldics
i Històrics, 10, Palma 2000. His expedition to the River of Gold in 1346 is illustrated in a miniature in the Catalan Atlas of 1375. Below:
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posted Aug 14, 2010 2:14 PM by Juan Ceva
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updated Aug 14, 2010 4:15 PM
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The first four papers, and perhaps the most important ones, have now been published in English translation. These papers include the seminal biographies of Cresques Abraham and his son Jafudà Cresques. The papers are: - "Cresques Abraham, Jew of Majorca, Master of Mappaemundi and Compasses" by Jaume Riera;
- "Jafudà Cresques, Jew of Majorca" by Jaume Riera;
- "The Will of Cresques Abraham and other Family Documents" by Gabriel Llompart;
- "Jafudà Cresques and Samuel Corcós: More Documents about the Jewish Painters of Nautical Charts (Majorca, XIV c.)" by Gabriel Llompart and Jaume Riera.
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