Siege of Raab, 1594

AIGENTLICHER ABRIS DER VESTVNG RAB SO DEN 25 IVLV FOM TVRKEN PELEGRT ANNO = DO 15∙94

Anonymous (cartographer)

Watermark: A wild boar in a shield

Condition: six fold lines; formerly folded to 81.0 x 10.8 cm; very worn along folds; old repairs made before mounting

26.0 x 35.3 cm (image and sheet)

40.8 x 54.9 cm (mount)

Printed title:

AIGENTLICHER ABRIS DER VESTVNG RAB SO DEN 25 IVLV FOM TVRKEN PELEGRT ANNO = DO 15∙94 [across top of view]

Annotations:

George III heading: Raab 23 July 1594.

Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom right, black pencil:] 1594; [top left, on face of view, ink, in old hand:] Campo del Turcho. (Verso) [top left, on mount, black pencil:] I/79; [top left, on view, red pencil:] 1/75; [top right, on mount, black pencil, erased:] Rab.

George III catalogue entry:

Raab Aigentlicher Abris der Vestung Rab so den 23 July fom Turken pelegrt 1594.

Bibliographic reference(s)

A low-medium oblique view of the siege of the Imperial fortress of Raab, taken by the Turks, commanded by Telli Hasan Pasha (Hasan Predojević; c. 1530-22 June 1593), on 23 July 1594. Ottoman-Habsburg Wars: The Long War (1591/3-1606). Oriented with south to top. Orientation is indicated by a compass rose, bottom right, which shows north (SEPTEMTRIO) to top and south (MERIDIES) to bottom (although, by convention, the direction of the arrow does point to the north). This is an error. The indications for west (OCCIDENS) and east (ORIENS) are in the right position. The numbers around the ‘dial’, which would be used to tell the time of day, are incorrectly written and the ‘12’ for midday should be placed at the top.

This view shows the extensive Turkish encampments on the northern side of the Danube, stretching far back into Raab’s hinterland.

M. McDonald, The Print Collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo. Part II, Architecture, Topography and Military Maps, 3 vols, London 2019, cat. no. 2728