View of Jerusalem. Single leaf from the first edition of the book Rudimentum Novitorum by Lucas Brandis de Schass. Lübeck, 1475. Latin.
Leaf [10] from the book Rudimentum Novitorum, with woodcuts depicting the city of Jerusalem and its surroundings – Bethany, Emmaus, Ramatha – Ramla and Jaffa. Jerusalem is depicted surrounded by three walls with six gates, and in the margins, genealogical diagrams relating to the period of the Return to Zion.
Rudimentum Novitorum describes the world history from the viewpoint of contemporary Christian theology, and is accompanied by many illustrations; the book also includes many important maps of the world and Palestine – amongst the first printed maps, and the first map of Jerusalem (see: Laor 128).

[1] leaf. 38.5X28.5 cm. Overall good condition. Some worming and some minor marginal tears, professionally restored.

For further information, see: Andrea Worm, Mapping the History of Salvation for the "Mind's Eyes': Context and Function of the Map of the Holy Land Context in the Rudimentum Novitiorum of 1475, printed in: Visual Constructs of Jerusalem (2014), pp. 317–329.

Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, 088.011.017.