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Original fileNamurcum comitatus /, Petrus Kaerius cælavit
Keere, Pieter van den, 1571-ná 1646
The central focus is a copperplate engraved map of Namurcum (Namur), showing the Meuse River winding through a landscape of hills, woodland, and urban centers. The map is bordered by four blocks of dense, typeset Latin text that provide historical and geographical context for the territory. The cartographic style utilizes traditional cross-hatching to indicate relief and stylized symbols to represent fortified towns and smaller rural dwellings. The overall composition is a typical 17th-century 'carte à texte', where the visual representation is framed by scholarly apparatus.
Pieter van den Keere (Petrus Kaerius) was a prominent Dutch engraver and cartographer whose work, particularly his collaboration with Petrus Bertius on 'Germania Inferior', was central to the golden age of Dutch cartography and the systematic documentation of the Low Countries.
NAMURCUM COMITATUS [Left column contains extensive text starting with 'Namurcum, Gallis Namur, vulgo Namuren...'] [Right column contains extensive text] Petrus Kaerius cælavit.
Translation
County of Namur. Namur, called Namur in French, commonly Namuren... Pieter van den Keere engraved this.
Petrus Bertius, Commentariorum Rerum Germanicarum
This map frequently appeared as a plate in Bertius's geographic and historical works covering the Low Countries.
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Allard Pierson, University of Amsterdam · Public domain
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