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Oxfordshire-Oxford-1728

CBTM:
19366
Map Date:
1728
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] Library
Historic county:
Oxfordshire
Town name:
Oxford
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SP513063
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SP 5206
Map title:
'Oxonia antiqua instaurata, sive urbis & academiae Oxoniensis topographica delineatio olim a Radulpho Agas impressa Ao. Di. 1578 nunc denuo aeri incisa Ao. Di. MDCCXXVIII. Celeberrimae Oxoniensis academiae aularum et collegiorum aedificus totius Europae magnificentissimis cum antiquissima civitate coniunctae elegans simul et accurata descriptio Radulpho Agaso autore ano dni 1578'.
Comments on map:
Recorded from Oxford Historical Society issue, 1899. Derives from Exeter 19365, and reproduces its title and engraving notes: similar scale graduation and decorations: notes all now in Latin.
Scale:
1:2520
Map-maker:
Ralph Agas [sv], Robert Whittlesey [eng], Edw. Butler [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
94.3 x 64.3
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
partly
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
watermills
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
(pictorial): Awning shown in corn market.
Woodland:
orchards
Known copies of map:
BOL (E)C17:70 Oxford (128), CUL Maps.bb.19.G.19 [1982: from Gough/Whittlesey copy]; BOL C17:70 Oxford (159) [1728-1998: pub Bodleian Library].
Gardens:
shown
Antiquities:
Osney Abbey ruins [pictorial, with explanatory note].
Decorative cartouches:
symbolic/non-realistic: Britannia, Justice, writing nude figures, etc, round title. Mercury, with winged hat and shoes, holds one end of the scale, and brandishes dividers.
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Sixteen views of colleges.
Symbolic elements:
Brittania, Justice, nude figures in title; mercury with dividers at one end of scale.
Arms and heraldry:
dedicee of map, university colleges, royal arms, municipal
Dedicee of map:
Henry, Duke of Beaufort, Baron Herbert, &c.
Ordnance Survey's
1873-5
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1897-8
1:2500
1:10,560
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