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| Keywords: Catalan Atlas BNF Sheet 6 Western Sahara.jpg Sheet 6 out of 12 This is the lower portion of the sheet and shows the Western Sahara The Atlas Mountains are at the top and the River Niger at the bottom Mansa Musa is shown sitting on a throne and holding a gold coin Pen with coloured inks on parchment Institution Bibliothèque nationale de France Département des manuscrits cm 64 5 25 0 This is the size of the complete sheet cite book Buchon J A C Tastu J 1843 Notice d'un atlas en langue catalane Manuscrit de l'an 1375 conservé parmi les manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Royale sous le No 6816 Fonds ancien in-folio maximo Notices et extraits des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque nationale et autres bibliothèques Volume 14 Part 2 French Paris Imprimerie Royale 74-76 https //books google co uk/books id 1mIvAQAAMAAJ pg RA1-PA73 btv1b55002481n This is Vue 7 on Gallica</br> The blocks of text are written in Catalan ;Top tota aquesta muntanya de lonch es appellade carena per serrayns e per crestians es appelade muntis claris esepiats que en aquesta dita muntanya ha moltes bones villes e castels los quals conbaten los huns ab lus altres encara con la dita muntanya es abunda de pa e de vi e doli e de totes bones fruytes</br> Translation </br> All this mountain range is called Carena by the Saracens and Claris Mountains by the Christians And you should know that in these mountains there are many good towns and castles that make war on each other Also in these mountains there is an abundance of bread wine oil and all kinds of good fruit ;Top left per aquest loch pasen los merchaders que entren en la terra del negres de Gineva lo qual pas es appellat vall de darha</br> Translation </br> Through here pass the merchants who travel to the land of the negroes of Guinea It is called the valley of the Draa ;Center left tota aquesta pertida tenen gens qui son enbossats que nols veu hon sino los uyls e van en tendes e fan cavalcades ab camels e ay bisties qui han nom lemp e daquel cuir fan les bones dargues</br> Translation </br> All this region is occupied by people who cover themselves so only their eyes can be seen They live in tents and ride camels There are beasts called Lemp from the skins of which they make fine shields ;Right side aquest senyor negre es appellat musse melly senyor dels negres de Gineva Aquest rey es lo pus rich el pus noble senyor de tota esta pertida per labondançia de lor lo qual se recull en la suua terra</br> Translation </br> This black gentleman is called Mansa Musa and is the ruler of the negroes of Guinea This king is the richest and noblest gentleman in all the region on account of the abundance of gold that is obtained from his land Among the places shown are sijilmessa - en Sijilmasa tenbuch - en Timbuktu tagaza - en Taghaza buda - Bouda in en Tuat geugeu - en Gao Espagnol 30 PD-art-100 Catalan Atlas BNF Sheet 6 jpg Complete section Catalan Atlas BNF Sheet 6 Mansa Musa jpg Detail showing Mansa Musa Catalan Atlas Mansa Musa | ||||
