Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1573 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21864

Map Date:

? 1573

Repository reference:

NLS Bartholomew Archive [brown folder, 'Edinburgh Plans'].

Historic county:

Edinburghshire [Midlothian]

Town name:

Edinburgh

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NT257736

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NT 2770

Map title:

[Top of map:] 'Edenbvrg.', [bottom left:] 'Edenburgum, Scotiae Metropolis.'

Comments on map:

Braun & Hogenburg: birds-eye view rather than map: scale very much an approximation. Latin letterpress on back.

Scale:

1:5000*

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

45.5 x 34.0 [map: plate 46.2 x 34.3].

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, (pictorial)

Known copies of map:

In CW3. BLML Maps C.7.d.1, K.59.56, BOL Ash [Sutherland coll] C.I, part II, Gough Maps 38, Fol 47B; CUL Maps.bb.17.G.21, NLS EMS.s.653, EMS.s.49, Signet.s.75, Map.l.43.102, Map.Fac.s.52 [1582]; CUL Maps.aa.138.97.1 [1592]; NLS Bartholomew Archive [brown folder, 'Edinburgh Plans'] [date?]; NLS EMS.s.50, EMS.s.728 [1657: J. Jansson]; BLML Maps 12.e.10, K.49.57 [1660]; G.A.Edinb.a.1 [1962: Lammerburn Press]; BOL G.A.Edinb.4o133 [1970: Civic Handbook, pb Mackenzie & Arthur]; BOL (E)C18:45 Edinburgh (60) [1973: Scotia Maps]; BOL (E) C18:45 Edinburgh [1982: NLS, Map Facsimile 1?s.180, EMS.b.4.5, Signet.fol.3; BLML Maps Ref D.6(Europe) (17) [2000: in H.N. Barrot, An atlas of old Edinburgh, Edinburgh: West Port Books, 2000].

Gardens:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: Round both titles.

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom of map: usual two men and two women.

Relief:

(pictorial)

Crosses:

cross, (pictorial): [In Canongate].

Ordnance Survey's

1851-3

1:1056

1:10,560

1876-7

1:1056

1:10,560

1893-4

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560