An original antique map of Jersualem, which unusually shows two distinct bird's eye views of the city on the same sheet. The map on the left shows Jersualem at the time of Christ and the one on the right shows the 'modern day' Jerusalem of 1572.
There is Latin text on the reverse, and the image depicts detailed topographical features, fortification walls and surrounding landscapes of the historic city.
This is one of three views of the city that Braun and Hogenburg published in their famous atlas "Civitas Orbis Terrarum", published between 1572 and 1617.
Georg Braun (1541 - 1622) and Frans Hogenberg (1535- 1590) were co-publishers of the monumental 'Civitas Orbis Terrarum', the earliest systemic city atlas, published in Cologne from 1572 onwards.
This enormous work incorporated over 500 plans and view, and was among the greatest achievements in the history of cartography.
Georg Braun (1541 - 1622) was born in died in Cologne. His primary vocation was a a Catholic cleric; he spent thirty-seven tears as canon and dean at the church St Maria ad Gradus, in Cologne. Braun was the chief editor of the 'Civitas Orbis Terrarum'.
Frans Hogenberg was a Flemish and German engraver and mapmaker who also painted. He was born in Mechelen, to a prominent artisitc family in the Netherlands.
