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The oak worktable’s four trestle feet meet the workshop floor; its top supports the linen backing across the full assembly. All seventeen placed sheets adhere directly to the linen backing; their edges meet as six columns by three rows around the lower-right opening. The final sheet’s upper and left edges contact neighboring sheet edges; fresh paste binds those portions to the linen backing. The assistant’s curled fingers support the final sheet’s lifted right corners from beneath while his forearms remain above the table edge. Mercator’s fist closes around the burnisher; the tool’s rounded end contacts the final sheet along its left seam. Mercator and the assistant stand on the floor at opposite table edges, each leaning weight toward the same supported sheet. The assembled map is 2.00 m wide by 1.33 m high; its long edge exceeds the standing height of either man. It is August 1569: Mercator in a wool scholar’s gown over linen; assistant in a plain wool doublet, rolled linen sleeves, hose, and leather shoes.; Rag paper, linen backing, wheat paste, oak, hardwood, lime plaster, wool, linen, leather.; Hand-engraved copperplate printing, hand-operated presswork, sheet drying, and paste assembly for a large wall map.", "style_description": {"aesthetics": "absorbed workshop precision. 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