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A large-format map of Spain and Portugal with its dioceses. The map is finely engraved and beautifully colored and was prepared by Girolamo Petri, a lawyer who served as a senior official within the Vatican’s State Secretariat, the arm of the Holy See responsible for managing its relationships with foreign powers.
The map displays the various dioceses, each distinguished by its own bright color, indicating their seats, as well as other major towns. While key geographical features are expressed throughout, the map is otherwise intentionally rather sparing of detail, so as not to visually detract from their purpose, which is to show the ecclesiastical divisions.
The uncommonly beautiful map was published in a very small number of examples, exclusively for the use of Cardinals and high-ranking administrators, which accounts for its great rarity today.
Petri was commissioned by Pope Pius XI (reigned 1846-78), the longest ever reigning pontiff, to create an atlas during a time when the Church was under siege within Europe, but, conversely, while it had major ambitions for expansion overseas, particularly in Asia and Africa.
Girolamo Petri (1806 - 1871) was an essential figure in the administration of the Roman Catholic Church during the reign of Pius IX. Petri was a great enthusiast of cartography, and it was only fitting that Pius IX charged him with creating the magnificent atlas, L’Orbe Cattolico.
In creating the atlas, Petri noted that he drew only upon the “most trusted sources”, including maps from the Vatican archives and overseas dioceses. The atlas was, by far, the finest ecclesiastical atlas created during the 19th Century, featuring exceptionally beautiful examples of thematic cartography.
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The map displays the various dioceses, each distinguished by its own bright color, indicating their seats, as well as other major towns. While key geographical features are expressed throughout, the map is otherwise intentionally rather sparing of detail, so as not to visually detract from their purpose, which is to show the ecclesiastical divisions.
The uncommonly beautiful map was published in a very small number of examples, exclusively for the use of Cardinals and high-ranking administrators, which accounts for its great rarity today.
Petri was commissioned by Pope Pius XI (reigned 1846-78), the longest ever reigning pontiff, to create an atlas during a time when the Church was under siege within Europe, but, conversely, while it had major ambitions for expansion overseas, particularly in Asia and Africa.
Girolamo Petri (1806 - 1871) was an essential figure in the administration of the Roman Catholic Church during the reign of Pius IX. Petri was a great enthusiast of cartography, and it was only fitting that Pius IX charged him with creating the magnificent atlas, L’Orbe Cattolico.
In creating the atlas, Petri noted that he drew only upon the “most trusted sources”, including maps from the Vatican archives and overseas dioceses. The atlas was, by far, the finest ecclesiastical atlas created during the 19th Century, featuring exceptionally beautiful examples of thematic cartography.
Read more about Girolamo Petri. [+]
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