Christoph Weigel, 'Descriptio orbis antiqvi in XLIV. tabulis', atlas met 44 handgekleurde kaarten van de antieke wereld, 1720

Descriptio orbis antiqvi in XLIV. tabulis exhibit Io. Davide Koelero Hist. et Polit. P.P. Altdorfino studio atque opera Christophori Weigelii Norimbergæ -Cum privilegio sacræ cæsareæ majestatis. (Neurenberg, 1720)

Weigels Descriptio Orbis Antiqui is een atlas met kaarten uit de oude wereld van Europa en Azië , waarvan de meeste medaillons of munten bevatten die betrekking hebben op de regio die op de kaart is afgebeeld. De atlas omvat de gehele antieke wereld en omvat Europa, verschillende Europese landen, Azië en Afrika, met kaarten van Arabië, Perzië, Syrië, Palestina en Egypte. De plattegronden tonen de steden Rome, Athene en Jeruzalem, evenals het kamp van de Israëlieten in de Sinaïwoestijn.

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De inhoudsopgave luidt:

1. Orbis Terrarum veteribus cogniti Typus ad mentem veterum Geographorum praefentatur 2. Europa Vetus 3. Hispania Vetus Numis illustrata 4. Gallia Vetus ex Iulii Caesaris Comentariis descripta 5. Gallia Transalpina in suas quator Provincias. Narbonensem, Aquitaniam, Lugdunensem et Belgicam descripta. 6. Gallia Belgica et Germania Utraque Cisrhenana Superior et Inferior excusa 7. Insulae Britannicae Antiquae ex collatione veterum Geographorum et Historicorum Descriptae et Nummis Illustratae 8. Britanniae Romanae Tabula Antonini Imp. Itinerario Adaptata a Thoma. Gale 9. Germaniae Antiquae P. Melae, C. Taciti, C. Plinii 10. Germania Ptolemaei 11. Vindelicia, Rhetia et Noricum 12. Italia antiqua ab Octavio Augusto in Regiones XI descripta 13. Gallia Cisalpina et Italia Propria 14. Italia Media Lectioni Autorum Lassicorum Inprimis Necessaria 15. Effigies Ant. Romae ex Vestigiis Aedificior Ruin Testimonio Vet. Autorum Fide Numism Monumentis Aeneis Plumb. . . . .Imp Caesar Augustus 16. Magnae Graeciae Descriptio 17. Ora Baiana et Puteolana calidis fontibus, portibus et delieiis Romanorum celeberrima ex delineatione 18. Sicilia Antiqua quae et Trinacria dicta Nummis Siculis illustrata 19. Insularum Corsicae Sardiniae Melitae Accurata Descriptio 20. Religiones Danubianae Pannoniae Dacia Moesiae, cum Vicino Illyrico 21. Thracia Antiqua 22. Graecia Septentrionalis Pars 23. (Graecia pars Meridionalis) Graeciae Antiquae Tabula Nova 24. Tabula Topographica Athenorum Veterum et Novarum 25. Asia Vetus 26. Asiae Peninsula sive Asia intra Taurum 27. Armenia Utraque 28. Asia intra Maeotim Pontum et Mare Caspium 29. Syria Propria cum Phoenice 30. Conspectus Palestinae 31. Facies Palestinae ex manumentis veteribus descripta 32. Castra metatio oder Zeichnung der Lager-Ordnung, nach welcher die XII. Stamme des Volks Gottes Sampt denen Leviten,... 33. Ierusalem aus gen Schifften Iosephi ganz neu vorgestellt 34. Arabia Veterus Typus. 35. Mesopotamiae Assyriae et Babyloniae Tabula 36. Persia cum adjacentibus regionibus 37. India Intra et Extra Gangem 38. Africa Vetus 39. Mauretania et Numidia 40. Africa Propria et Cyrenaica 41. Aegyptus Antiqua In suas Partes et Nomos divisa cum Troglodytice Marmarica et Aethiopia supra Aegyptum 42. Aegyptus Inferior sive Delta 43. Scena Historiarum Occidentalis Quinti Seculi P.N. Chr. in qua Imperii Romanorum & Accolarum Barbarorum status sistitur 44. Scena Historiarum Orientalis Quinti Seculi P.N. Chr. in qua Imperii Romanorum & Accolarum Barbarorum status sistitur.

Christoph Weigel (1654-1725) was a goldsmith, engraver, illustrator, and publisher in Nuremberg, Germany, where he produced many maps and atlases of both the ancient and the modern world. Of particular interest is the fact that all his maps were hand-colored immediately after they were printed in his publishing house. The majority of early map publishers issued their maps in black and white with later coloring added by outside artists and colorists. Weigel's Descriptio Orbis Antiqui is an atlas of classical maps, most of which incorporate medallions or coins relating to the region depicted in the map. Included are the original 44 maps;