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Aerial Plans of Both Ancient & ‘Modern’ Jerusalem
Jerusalem.
BRAUN, G. & HOGENBERG, F. [Cologne, 1572]
Hierosolyma, Clarissima totius Orientis civitas . . .
13 ½ x 19 ¼ inches.
Fine hand color; excellent.
Fascinating engraving containing two aerial views of the city, one as it was at the beginning of the first century BCE, and the other a contemporaneous view. Each is accompanied by legends listing important structures and places that are keyed to the plans. In the lower right is a vignette of Moses receiving the Commandments along with Aaron, whose garments and accouterments are listed in the table to the right.
Laor 1039, illus. p. 150. |
