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According to Campbell, of the four portolan charts attributed the Cresques atelier, the Naples and Paris charts are more ornate than the other two, with the Paris chart (c. 1400) in particular seeming closest to the features of the Catalan Atlas (c. 1375). However, attribution to the Cresques
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Abraham Cresques's real name was Eliça (a.k.a. Cresques) son of Rabbi Abraham, son of Rabbi Benaviste, son of Rabbi Eliça. Eliça was the name he would have received when he came of age but known as Cresques of Abraham (Cresques being his personal name, Eliça his religious name, Abraham his
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workshop is only tentative. As Campbell notes, "That this group of charts is closely related is clear. But it is hard to see, from the colour analysis alone, evidence to confirm that these four charts were the product of supervised work in a single atelier."
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of c. 1375 is the only map that has been confidently attributed to Cresques Abraham. Researchers have suggested that five other existing maps might also be attributed to Cresques, Jehuda or some other worker in the Cresques
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For this job, Cresques and Jehuda were paid 150 Aragonese golden florins, and 60 Mallorcan pounds, respectively, as it is stated in 14th-century documents from the Prince and his father
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Cresques also produced an illuminated Bible with an annexed Hebrew-Catalan dictionary, known as the Farhi Bible.
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Catalan maps and Jewish books : the intellectual profile of Elisha Ben Abraham Cresq̧ues (1325-1387)
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In 1375, Cresques and his son Jehuda received an assignment from Prince John of Aragon, the future
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Abraham and Jehuda Cresques Catalan Atlas. Eastern Europe view from the south (detail)
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East and the West, and everything that, from the Strait leads to the West
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A Majorcan Jew, Cresques was a master map-maker and builder of clocks,
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Images of the whole Catalan Atlas archived and accessed 2008-03-14
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Les cartes portolanes: la representació medieval d'una mar solcada
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which would go beyond the normal geographic range of contemporary
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Overcoming Ptolemy: The Revelation of an Asian World Region
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A part of the Catalan Atlas by Cresques Abraham and his son Jehuda Cresques
Catalan Atlas
Jehuda Cresques
Palma
Majorca
cartographer
Catalan Atlas
[əβɾəˈamˈkɾeskəs]
Jewish
cartographer
Palma
Majorca
Crown of Aragon
Jehuda Cresques
Catalan Atlas
compasses
nautical instruments
Majorcan cartographic school
patronym
Jehuda Cresques
Catalan Atlas

John I of Aragon
nautical charts
portolan charts
Peter IV of Aragon
Charles VI, King of France
Catalan Atlas
Palma
Catalan Atlas

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