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Source Description
Jerusalem, a sacred city to three of the worlds major religions, was depicted as four different images in Braun and Hogenberg's comprehensive collection of town views. In this view, the city is viewed from the east looking west, as if the artist was standing on the Mount of Olives, the best vantage point for viewing the city. Muslim control of the city is represented by the five figures in oriental costume in the foreground and the buildings with domes and minarets topped with crescents. This view records a Christian pilgrimage to the Holy City and, while unsigned, appears to be based on a drawing by Venetian artist Domenico dalle Greche, who accompanied a Czech nobleman, Voldrich Prefat z Vlkanova, on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1546. The account of this journey was published in 1563. Of the four dozen locations identified in the legend of the view, the majority refer to Christian sites and traditions.
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Document identity
localId
3f462s388
label
Hierosolyma urbs sancta, Iudeae, totiusque orientis longe clarisima, qua amplitudine ac magnificentia hoc nostro aeuo conspicua est
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
3f462s388
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Hierosolyma urbs sancta, Iudeae, totiusque orientis longe clarisima, qua amplitudine ac magnificentia hoc nostro aeuo conspicua est
description
Jerusalem, a sacred city to three of the worlds major religions, was depicted as four different images in Braun and Hogenberg's comprehensive collection of town views. In this view, the city is viewed from the east looking west, as if the artist was standing on the Mount of Olives, the best vantage point for viewing the city. Muslim control of the city is represented by the five figures in oriental costume in the foreground and the buildings with domes and minarets topped with crescents. This view records a Christian pilgrimage to the Holy City and, while unsigned, appears to be based on a drawing by Venetian artist Domenico dalle Greche, who accompanied a Czech nobleman, Voldrich Prefat z Vlkanova, on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1546. The account of this journey was published in 1563. Of the four dozen locations identified in the legend of the view, the majority refer to Christian sites and traditions.
date
["[ca. 1575]"]
year
1575
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
Latin
identifierLocal
06_01_002307
creators
Braun, Georg, 1540 or 41-1622
Hogenberg, Frans, ca. 1539-1590?
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Jerusalem--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Asia
Israel
Jerusalem
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
Israel
city
Jerusalem
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Coloniae Agrippinae
publisher
sumptibus auctorum
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
31.7667
schema:longitude
35.2333
extent
1 map ; 33 x 42 cm.
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no
dcId
3f462s388
type
map
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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27993ecb19b43b0e