BRAUN, GEORG & HOGENBERG, FRANS.

Hierosolyma Urbs Sancta, Iudeae, Totisque Orientis Longe Clarissima…
Hand-colored.
13.5 x 17 inches (34 x 43 cm) to mat. Finely framed.
Cologne, first edition 1575 (or later).:
Bird’s-eye view of Jerusalem from atop the Mount of Olives. The cartographers made use here of both recorded description as well as flight of imagination. Latin text reads: “Ezekiel V. This is Jerusalem. I have placed it in the midst of the nations and the countries that are around about her.”