Braun, Georg - Franz Hogenberg

Engraved views, (13 ¼ x 18 ¾ in.; 337 x 478 mm), handcolored in pale green, red, blue, yellow and russet. Matted, glazed and framed. [With] 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 

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

The first view features two distinct depictions of Jerusalem, the first (on the left) based upon biblical and historical accounts dating from the beginning of the first century BC, the second (on the right) a modern view of the city as it appeared in the 16th Century. Each is accompanied by legends listing important structures and places. 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.