Ierusalem ciuitas sancta, olim metropolis regni Iudaici, hodie uero colonia Turcae

Author/Creator:

Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552, author

Publication/Creation:

[Basel] : [Heinrich Petri], [1544].

Resource Type:

Map

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Ierusalem ciuitas sancta, olim metropolis regni Iudaici, hodie uero colonia Turcae

Series Titles:

Pitts Theology Library. Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection.

Related/Included Titles:

Cosmographia.

Variant Titles:

Ierusalem civitas sancta

Related Names

Additional Author/Creators:

Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552. Cosmographia
Petri, Heinrich, 1508-1579, printer

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Jerusalem--Maps--Early works to 1800

Description/Summary

Summary:

German cartographer, cosmographer and foremost Christian Hebraist scholar of his time, Sebastian Münster published his Cosmographia in 1544. It was the earliest German description of the world and had a profound impact on the 16th century European perception of the modern world.

Language:

Latin

Physical Type/Description:

1 map : illustrations, map, 33 x 41 cm.

General Note:

Map of Jerusalem taken from Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia (Basel: Heinrich Petri, 1544), YY4-5 (pages [1015]-1018).
Place names in German, descriptive text in Latin. On verso appear 11 lines of Hebrew text in praise of Jerusalem entitled "Civitas Ierusale ..." as well as an imaginary view of Acre.
Pitts Theology Library copy colorized.

Local Note:

Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection--Pitts Theology Library.

Citation/Reference Note:

Cf. VD16 M 6689

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990035775870302486

OCLC Number:

906976489

Barcode:

300000445526