Hierosolyma, clarissima totius orientis ciuitas, Iudaee metropolis

Description:

On left of sheet is imaginary topographic description of the ancient city at the time of Jesus Christ; on right side is topographical description of the modern city. Relief shown by shading, hachures, and pictorially. From: Civitates orbis terrarum / Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg. Köln, 1572, Vol. I, No. 52 (should read 53), according to Laor. "The maps are drawn after Laicstain-De Jode's original but without mentioning the names." Laor, p.152. Inset at bottom right of Moses receiving the Tablets of the Law. Copperplate. Latin text on verso: "Ierosolyma." Includes index.

Creator:

Hogenberg, Frans, approximately 1539-1590 and Braun, Georg, 1540 or 1541-1622

Publisher:

[publisher not identified]

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Subject:

Geography

Date Issued:

[1572]

Spatial Coverage:

Jerusalem and Palestine

Rights:

Images from the The Renaissance Exploration Collection courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.

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License:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Access Rights:

Public

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JPEG2000

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More details at:

https://purl.stanford.edu/xp883dw7908