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Catalogue: Tiltan
Print Technique: Giclee
Printed on: Bark Paper
Print size: 30x40 cm
Woodcut
This is a very interesting representation of Jerusalem and the rest of the world as known at the time. The map shows three continents: Europe, Asia and Africa in the form of a clover leaf with the city of Jerusalem in the centre. From "Itinerarium Sacrae Scipturae" by Heinrich Bunting , 1545-1606. Imprint by Jacobus Lucuis, Helmstadt 1585 .
From the Eran Laor Cartographic Collection
The Jewish National & University Library, Jerusalem
Not original coloring
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