HOMANN, JOHANN BAPTIST: THE DUCHY OF CARINTHIA

Inventory number 446

Original title: Nova et accurata Carinthiae Ducatus Tabula geographica. In Superiorem et Inferiorem divisa

Publishing year: 1720

Place of publishing and publisher: Nürnberg

Format: 49 x 58,5 cm

Technique: Coloured copper engraving

This Homann's map of Carinthia (divided into C. Superior and C. Inferiorem) includes a part of Styria (STIRIAE PARS) in the north and of Carniola in the south (CARNIOLAE PARS). The property of the Salzburg Archdiocese (SALZBURGISCH) and the Bamberg Diocese (BAMBERGISCH) are emphasized by a special colour and text, both on the map and in the main cartouche. The Salzburg Archdiocese is important because, along with Aquileia, the first missionaries in the northern Croatian country (in Prekodravlje) responsible for Christianization came from there. The map is specific for this territorial division of properties. The Baroque main cartouche with decorative drapery is in the upper right corner, and a detailed legend of settlements and graphic scales is in the left corner. The map includes a graticule. Along the bottom edge of the map, there are three views. The central view is of Klagenfurt (CLAGENFURT) with city fortifications and an extra legend of the locations in the city. The side illustrations show the ceremony of the election of the Archduke in Carinthia and the mountain pass (Berg Loibl).

HOMANN, JOHANN BAPTIST

JOHANN BAPTIST HOMANN (1663-1724), a great German cartographer and editor. Thanks to Homann, the Cartography begun to be perceived in Germany as an independent scientific discipline. Homann collaborated with all the most prominent scientists of his time. In the period between 1702 and 1716 he incised over 100 copper printing plates with map designs. His workshop produced over 600 maps. His maps are seldom dated, so, it is difficult to establish their succession in time. Johann Baptist Homann's most famous works are as follows: "Atlas Novus", 1701, "Atlas von hundert Chartewn", 1712 and "Grosser Atlas über die ganze Welt" consisting of 126 maps. After his death, Michael Franz and Johann Georg Ebersberger had been directing his workshop's activity under firm-name Homannianos Heredes (Hommann's heirs) until the beginning of the 19th century.