29. "Principatul Transilvania" ("Principality of Transylvania") map, by Johann Baptist Homann, Nuremberg, 1699, rare, collector’s item

Map of the Principality of Transylvania and adjacent states: Moldaviae seu Valachiae Magnae, to the north-west, Russia Rubrae, to the north, and Hungaria, southwest. On the territory of Transylvania, administrative regions and division by population are mentioned. The regions inhabited by the five component nationalities (Romanians, Hungarians, Transylvania Saxons, Szeklery and Moldovans) are indicated by different colours. The text on the lower right side is a political description of the region and mentions that Greeks, Wallachians, Bulgarians and Jews do not benefit from citizenship rights. On the lower right side the title of the map is engraved, in an ornate inset map with vegetal motifs, above this one can see an eagle with outstretched wings, with a broadsword and sceptre in its claws, and a crown on its head. Next to the border we can see a Roman soldier holding a lance in his right hand, and in the left one, a shield decorated with the seven bastions from the coat of arms of Transylvania. Around the aforementioned, there is a panoply of weapons (cannon, cannonballs and war drums) and an arch, with a cross over it. The scale of the map is shown to the lower left side in walking hours, German miles and Hungarian miles.

Dimensions

width 63 cm, height 52 cm, custom 52 × 63 cm

Description

hand-coloured copper engraving, striped paper

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