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Richly Detailed Plan of Jerusalem
In a Fine, Original-Colored Example
Jerusalem.
BRAUN & HOGENBERG/ ADRICHOM, C. [Cologne, 1588]
Ierusalem, et suburbia eius, sicut tempore Christi floruit, . . .
Two sheets as issue, each 14 ½ x 18 inches; 29 x 18 inches if joined. Fine original color; fine condition.
One of the most minutely detailed, graphic reconstructions of early Jerusalem, here depicted as it was during the reign of Caesar Augustus. Over 250 sites are shown and identified on the plan. This work was an expansion of Adrichom’s plan of the city of 1584, which was the first to record the ancient city in detail. This is also one of the important early maps of Jerusalem for understanding Biblical geography. It is believed, according to Nebenzahl, that Christ’s route to the cross as illustrated on the plan helped to define the Stations of the Cross. The present work was only one of three double-sheet plans that appeared in the Civitatis Orbis Terrarum, the first atlas of city views and “the most impressive and elaborate collection of city views ever produced” (Nebenzahl).
Nebenzahl, K. Maps of the Holy Land, pl. 33; Laor, E. Maps of the Holy Land, no. 1041. |
