
The Piri Reis World Map of 1513
1513 · Ink and pigment in eight colors on...
Topkapi Palace Museum Library, Istanbul
Artworks made 1400 to 1600. 60 recorded, each with a cited chain of ownership. The era is read from the year on each record; the record's own date line is what counts.

1513 · Ink and pigment in eight colors on...
Topkapi Palace Museum Library, Istanbul

c. 1480-1500, within a range disputed by different scholars · Tapestry weave
Musee de Cluny - musee national du Moyen Age, Paris, France

1562-1567 · Hand-copied text in red and black ink on...
Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland

c. 1587-1599 · Silver
Dispersed across seven countries. Two are in the Metropolitan...

1515 · Woodcut on paper
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

mid-1520s · Tin-glazed earthenware
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Nuremberg, printed by Anton Koberger · Letterpress on paper
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Department of...

Plaques probably 1500 to mid-1600s · Cast leaded brass
Dispersed. Digital Benin recorded 5,246 objects across 131...

Mid-16th century · Stonepaste
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Department of Islamic...

1502 · Ink
Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, Modena

c. 1503 · Basalt
Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 161

Mainz, between 1454 and 1455, not after 1456 · Printed from movable metal type on vellum
Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections...
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