Cartridge (cartography)
A cartridge in cartography refers to a map element that consists of a decorative frame and a text field. With coats of arms , symbols , ribbons , plants or people and animals, it forms a mostly ornamental border for the map title, author, scale , legend and year of publication. They are usually inserted as filling on the free areas of the map sheet. In the Rococo and Baroque in particular , cards were decorated with them and usually contained a title or explanation of the card.
A dedication cartouche shows who this globe or map is dedicated to (often a king or other ruler).
Examples
Cartouche on the North America map by Herman Moll (1712)
Cartouche on a map of the Kursk region in the official atlas of the Russian Empire (1792)
Dedication cartouche on a globe (1765):
"[...] Dedicated to the king by his most devoted and obedient servant and very loyal subject Desnos [...]"
literature
- Traudl Seifert: The card as a work of art. Decorative maps from the Middle Ages and modern times . Edited by the Bavarian State Library. Unterschneidheim 1979.
- David Woodward (Ed.): Art and Cartography , Chicago and London 1987.
- Joachim Möller: "Pictura Loquens - Amazonum Regio and the myth of Guyana in map and cartouche". In: ders .: cartridges. Shape and message of an ornament , Dinslaken 2018, pp. 60–89.
See also
Web links
- www.kettererkunst.de , brief description and history
- Cartouches, or Decorative Map Titles (English, gallery of decorative cartouches from historical maps)