Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
A Map of Jerusalem, from "Civitates Orbis Terarrum" – Köln, 1612-1616 – Hand-Colored Engraving
Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,375
Including buyer's premium
Hierosolyma Urbs Sancta, Iudeae, Totiusque Orientis Longe Clarissima, qua amplitudine ac magnificentia hoc nostro aevo conspicua est [Holy City of Jerusalem, by far the most famous city of Judah and the entire Orient…]. A hand-colored engraving from the atlas "Civitates Orbis Terrarum" by Georg Braun and engraver Franz Hogenberg. [Second part; Köln: Petrum à Brachel between 1612 and 1616]. Latin.
A bird's eye view of Jerusalem from the east. The map was intended to be a realistic representation of the city (unlike imaginary maps depicting Jerusalem in ancient times), but follows some contradictory conventions, such as depicting the southern front of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre although generally portraying the city from the east. Inset key listing 48 sites in Jerusalem and its surroundings. Top verse from the book of Ezekiel (Latin): "This is Jerusalem, which I have set in the center of the nations, with countries all around her".
Five figures in oriental dress are seen in the foreground of the map. Numerous maps in "Civitates Orbis Terarrum" depict figures in local attire. As stated in the introduction by editor Georg Braun, this was meant to prevent the Turks from obtaining military secrets from the atlas, "as their religion forbids them from looking at representations of the human form".
Latin text on verso: "Hierosolyma" (on both sheets, p. 54).
Engraved map: approx. 32X41 cm. Leaf: approx. 39.5X49 cm (two conjoined sheets). Matted with strips of tape to upper edge. Good condition. Slightly browned. Stains and small tears to edges. Two tiny holes to top.
Literature: Jerusalem in Braun & Hogenberg Civitates, by Rehav Rubin. The Cartographic Journal, 1996. pp. 119-129.
See Laor 1040-1040B.
A bird's eye view of Jerusalem from the east. The map was intended to be a realistic representation of the city (unlike imaginary maps depicting Jerusalem in ancient times), but follows some contradictory conventions, such as depicting the southern front of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre although generally portraying the city from the east. Inset key listing 48 sites in Jerusalem and its surroundings. Top verse from the book of Ezekiel (Latin): "This is Jerusalem, which I have set in the center of the nations, with countries all around her".
Five figures in oriental dress are seen in the foreground of the map. Numerous maps in "Civitates Orbis Terarrum" depict figures in local attire. As stated in the introduction by editor Georg Braun, this was meant to prevent the Turks from obtaining military secrets from the atlas, "as their religion forbids them from looking at representations of the human form".
Latin text on verso: "Hierosolyma" (on both sheets, p. 54).
Engraved map: approx. 32X41 cm. Leaf: approx. 39.5X49 cm (two conjoined sheets). Matted with strips of tape to upper edge. Good condition. Slightly browned. Stains and small tears to edges. Two tiny holes to top.
Literature: Jerusalem in Braun & Hogenberg Civitates, by Rehav Rubin. The Cartographic Journal, 1996. pp. 119-129.
See Laor 1040-1040B.
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