portolann.

Brit.

/ˈpɔːtələn/,

/ˈpɔːtl̩ən/, U.S.

/ˈpɔrd(ə)lən/

Forms:

α. 1700s– portulan, 1800s– portolan, 1900s– portulane.

β. 1800s– portolano.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Italian. Etymons: French portulan; Italian portolano.

Etymology: < French portulan (1577 in Middle French in a translation of an Italian text) and its etymon Italian portolano (1440 as portollan ; earlier in sense ‘port superintendent’ (a1347 as portolano )), apparently < porto port n.¹ + -ano -an suffix, with insertion of -l- probably after ortolano gardener (see ortolan n.). Compare post-classical Latin portulanus (13th cent.). O.E.D. Suppl. (1982) indicates the pronunciations (pōə·ɹtiŭlăn) /ˈpɔətjʊlən/ and (pōəɹtolā·no) /ˌpɔətəʊˈlɑːnəʊ/ for the forms portulan and portulano respectively.

Nautical.

A set or book of sailing directions, describing harbours, coasts, etc., and illustrated with charts.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > pilot book

rutter1561

sea-ruttier1599

routier1677

wagoner1687

pilot1693

portolan1717

sea-book1726

norie1827

1717 tr. B. Le Bovier de Fontanelle Lives Philosophers i. 156 [M. de Chazelles] composed..eight particular Charts, accompanied with a Portulan, that is to say, an ample description of each Port.

1791 W. Beaumont tr. J.-J. Barthélemy Trav. Anarcharsis Younger VIII. 19 For the distance I have followed in preference the Portulan of Romagna.

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Portulan (French), a shipmaster's guide; a book containing the situation and description of sea-ports, etc., with instructions for navigation.

1878 Nature 6 June 151/1 Among these old maps and portulans..are:—1. The Medicean Portulan (1351). 2. The Catalan Atlas.

1891 J. Winsor Columbus App. 530 About the beginning of the fourteenth century Italy and the western Mediterranean islands began to produce those atlases of sea-charts, which have come down to us under the name of ‘portolanos’.

1916 Edinb. Rev. July 180 [Sailing directions] have been called by many names—Periploi, Portulane, Rutters, Waggoners [etc.].

1935 Geogr. Jrnl. 85 105 430 portolans dating from the fourteenth to the sixteenth centuries.

1973 ‘D. Divine’ Opening of World v. 85 An English Rutter, the northern and slightly less refined version of the portolano, describing a harbour entrance in 1295.

1995 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Island of Day Before 130 It was a portulan of our entire globe.

Compounds

General attributive, as portolan atlas, portolan chart, portolan-manufacturer, etc.

ΚΠ

1897 F. A. Bather tr. A. E. Nordenskiöld Periplus 18 The portolan-manufacturer or draughtsman used by preference gaudy and bright colours.

1941 Antiquity 15 186 Portolan charts were intended for the use of mariners.

1972 Daily Tel. 12 Dec. 14/6 Dolphin Book Company, of Oxford, paid £7,000 for a complete Mediterranean portolan atlas signed Joannes Oliva and dated Messina 1582.

1991 Antiquaries Jrnl. 52 83 A possible intermediary may have been the illustrations, found at least in illuminated ‘library copies’ of the portolan sea charts.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	portolan
释义	portolann. Brit. /ˈpɔːtələn/, /ˈpɔːtl̩ən/, U.S. /ˈpɔrd(ə)lən/ Forms: α. 1700s– portulan, 1800s– portolan, 1900s– portulane. β. 1800s– portolano. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Italian. Etymons: French portulan; Italian portolano. Etymology: < French portulan (1577 in Middle French in a translation of an Italian text) and its etymon Italian portolano (1440 as portollan ; earlier in sense ‘port superintendent’ (a1347 as portolano )), apparently < porto port n.¹ + -ano -an suffix, with insertion of -l- probably after ortolano gardener (see ortolan n.). Compare post-classical Latin portulanus (13th cent.). O.E.D. Suppl. (1982) indicates the pronunciations (pōə·ɹtiŭlăn) /ˈpɔətjʊlən/ and (pōəɹtolā·no) /ˌpɔətəʊˈlɑːnəʊ/ for the forms portulan and portulano respectively. Nautical. A set or book of sailing directions, describing harbours, coasts, etc., and illustrated with charts. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > pilot book rutter1561 sea-ruttier1599 routier1677 wagoner1687 pilot1693 portolan1717 sea-book1726 norie1827 1717 tr. B. Le Bovier de Fontanelle Lives Philosophers i. 156 [M. de Chazelles] composed..eight particular Charts, accompanied with a Portulan, that is to say, an ample description of each Port. 1791 W. Beaumont tr. J.-J. Barthélemy Trav. Anarcharsis Younger VIII. 19 For the distance I have followed in preference the Portulan of Romagna. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Portulan (French), a shipmaster's guide; a book containing the situation and description of sea-ports, etc., with instructions for navigation. 1878 Nature 6 June 151/1 Among these old maps and portulans..are:—1. The Medicean Portulan (1351). 2. The Catalan Atlas. 1891 J. Winsor Columbus App. 530 About the beginning of the fourteenth century Italy and the western Mediterranean islands began to produce those atlases of sea-charts, which have come down to us under the name of ‘portolanos’. 1916 Edinb. Rev. July 180 [Sailing directions] have been called by many names—Periploi, Portulane, Rutters, Waggoners [etc.]. 1935 Geogr. Jrnl. 85 105 430 portolans dating from the fourteenth to the sixteenth centuries. 1973 ‘D. Divine’ Opening of World v. 85 An English Rutter, the northern and slightly less refined version of the portolano, describing a harbour entrance in 1295. 1995 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Island of Day Before 130 It was a portulan of our entire globe. Compounds General attributive, as portolan atlas, portolan chart, portolan-manufacturer, etc. ΚΠ 1897 F. A. Bather tr. A. E. Nordenskiöld Periplus 18 The portolan-manufacturer or draughtsman used by preference gaudy and bright colours. 1941 Antiquity 15 186 Portolan charts were intended for the use of mariners. 1972 Daily Tel. 12 Dec. 14/6 Dolphin Book Company, of Oxford, paid £7,000 for a complete Mediterranean portolan atlas signed Joannes Oliva and dated Messina 1582. 1991 Antiquaries Jrnl. 52 83 A possible intermediary may have been the illustrations, found at least in illuminated ‘library copies’ of the portolan sea charts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1717
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