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It sounds to me as though someone has used these sheets to make a tracing of another map. First you take the very thin oiled sheets, lay them across the map to be copied and make the tracing. You can then transport the small sheets rather easily before reconstructing the original map by placing them back in their rightful positions. The charcoal is then applied to the back of the sheets, the front surface is then traced over again - and you have a complete copy of the original map. Cennini describes something similar I believe in the 15th century. Kindest regards, Matthew Champion. -----Original Message----- From: maphist-boun...@geo.uu.nl [mailto:maphist-boun...@geo.uu.nl] On Behalf Of Ovidiu Sandor Sent: 15 September 2010 21:17 To: Discussion group for map history Subject: [MapHist] Manuscript map questions This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + _______________________________________________ MapHist: E-mail discussion group on the history of cartography hosted by the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of Utrecht. The University of Utrecht does not take any responsibility for the views of the author. List Information: http://www.maphist.nl Maphist mailing list Maphist@geo.uu.nl http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist
