ColoursUsedTable 15 November 2010 http://www.maphistory.info/ColoursUsedTable.doc
COLOURS USED FOR THE ISLANDS, ESTUARIES, ETC.
· The 'Totals' column records the total number of distinct colours found on a single work or a chartmaker's entire surviving output
· A bracket round the tick indicates an alternative or a tint not used on all that chartmaker's work; this is therefore not included in the Totals
· The Gold/Yellow category includes the occasional instance of gold leaf
· The identification of silver (leaf - which may appear black?) is tentative and not included in the Totals either.
· 'Riccardiana' refers to the earliest surviving Genoese chart, tentatively dated to the period 1300-25 (Pujades C 4) in the Biblioteca Riccardiana, Florence
For explanation see: http://www.maphistory.info/PortolanColourNotes.html - and particularly 'How the colour was used and applied'
For the general menu see: http://www.maphistory.info/ColourShapeAnalysis.html
Black / Blue / Brown / Gold/Yellow / Green / Grey / Mauve
Pink
Purple / Orange / Red / Silver / White / TOTALS / Comment
ITALIAN
Vesconte 1311
(Corsica & east) / ü / ü / ü / 3 / omits Blue, as does 1330 and Riccardiana
Vesconte 1313 / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü / 7
Vesconte 1327 / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü / ? / 5 / some later Vesconte work includes Silver
Lucca chart * / ü / ü / 2 / only Red & Blue
Riccardiana (C4) / ü / ü / 2 / only Gold & Red
Pizzigani / (ü) / ü / (ü) / (ü) / ü / (ü) / ü / ? / ü / 4
Beccari, B. / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü / (ü) / ü / ü / 8
Ziroldi / (ü) / ü / ü / ü / ü / (ü) / (ü) / ü / 5
Bianco / ü / (ü) / ü / (ü) / (ü) / ü / ü / 4 / essentially Black, Brown & Red only
Pareto / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü / ? / 6
Benincasa / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü / (ü) / ü / (ü) / 7
CATALAN
Dalorto/Dulceti
1330 / (ü) / ü / ü / ü / ü / 4 / omits Blue
Dulceti 1339 / ü / ü / ü / ü / (ü) / ü / ü / 6
Cresques atelier / (ü) / ü / ü / ü / ü / (ü) / ü / (ü) / ü / ü / 7
Viladesters / (ü) / ü / ü / ü / (ü) / (ü) / ü / ? / ü / 5 / only 3 uses of Green on the 3 charts combined
Vallseca / (ü) / ü / (ü) / ü / ü / (ü) / (ü) / (ü) / ü / ? / ü / 5
R.Soler / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü / ? / ü / 7
Roselli / ü / (ü) / ü / ü / ü / ü / ? / ü / 6
* Philipp Billion, 'A newly discovered fragment from the Lucca Archives, Italy, Imago Mundi: the International Journal for the History of Cartography 63: 1 (January 2011): 1-21.