Braun, Georg - Franz Hogenberg

Engraved views, 13 ¼ x 18 ¾ in.; 337 x 478 mm, handcolored in pale tones of green, red, blue, yellow and russet. Matted, glazed and framed. - Hierosolyma urbs sancta. Iudeae, totiusque Orientis longe clarissima. Cologne: 1575. Engraved view, 12 ¾ x 16 ¼ in.; 324 x 413 mm, handcolored. Matted.

Laor 1039 & 1040

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Two aerial views of Jerusalem on one sheet, along with a bird’s-eye-view of modern Jerusalem seen from the east.

In the first, at the left, Jerusalem is shown based upon biblical and historical accounts as it was at the beginning of the first century BC.  At the right, a modern view of the city is given, as it appeared in the 16th Century.  Each is accompanied by legends listing important structures and places that are keyed to the plans. In the lower right is a vignette of Moses receiving the Commandments along with Aaron, whose garments and accouterments are listed in the table to the right. The bird’s-eye-view depicts 48 major sites with a key at the lower right. Both views are from the Civitates orbis terrarum, vol I, no. 52, and vol II, no. 54.