Peregrinatio in terram sanctam - Pilgrimage in the Holy Land
Peregrinatio in terram sanctam -
Jerusalem map in color [1486]
Breydenbach & Reuwich
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"This is the earliest printed map of the Holy Land based on contemporary eyewitness sources. It appeared in the first illustrated travel guide to the Holy Land, written by German author Bernhard von Breydenbach (~1440-1497), a Deacon of the Mainz Cathedral. Breydenbach's account is based on his pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1483, accompanied by Erhard Reuwich (~1445-1505), an accomplished Dutch artist who made on-site sketches for later use as woodcut illustrations.
Although this map was made at a time when Jerusalem was under Islamic rule, the holy sites are designated by their Christian names. Viewed from the Mount of Olives, the Dome of the Rock ("Templum Salomonis") is seen at the center, with the Church of the Holy Sepulchre ("Templum gloriosum Domini Sepulchri") above and to the right; a hospice for pilgrims stands between the two shrines. These and many other sites are depicted with unusual accuracy stemming from firsthand observation, in contrast to the more common renditions based on vague scriptural descriptions or pure imagination. Accordingly, the map was extraordinarily useful to pilgrims and was widely copied."
The book was printed by Peter Schöffer in Mainz.
Peter Schöffer or Petrus Schoeffer (c. 1425 – c. 1503) was an early German printer, who studied in Paris and worked as a manuscript copyist in 1451 before apprenticing with Johannes Gutenberg and joining Johann Fust in Mainz, a goldsmith, lawyer, and money lender.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sch%C3%B6ffer
Source of the photo from the map:
fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Peregrinatio_in_terram_sa...
Peregrinatio in terram sanctam - Pilgrimage in the Holy Land
Peregrinatio in terram sanctam -
Jerusalem map in color [1486]
Breydenbach & Reuwich
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"This is the earliest printed map of the Holy Land based on contemporary eyewitness sources. It appeared in the first illustrated travel guide to the Holy Land, written by German author Bernhard von Breydenbach (~1440-1497), a Deacon of the Mainz Cathedral. Breydenbach's account is based on his pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1483, accompanied by Erhard Reuwich (~1445-1505), an accomplished Dutch artist who made on-site sketches for later use as woodcut illustrations.
Although this map was made at a time when Jerusalem was under Islamic rule, the holy sites are designated by their Christian names. Viewed from the Mount of Olives, the Dome of the Rock ("Templum Salomonis") is seen at the center, with the Church of the Holy Sepulchre ("Templum gloriosum Domini Sepulchri") above and to the right; a hospice for pilgrims stands between the two shrines. These and many other sites are depicted with unusual accuracy stemming from firsthand observation, in contrast to the more common renditions based on vague scriptural descriptions or pure imagination. Accordingly, the map was extraordinarily useful to pilgrims and was widely copied."
The book was printed by Peter Schöffer in Mainz.
Peter Schöffer or Petrus Schoeffer (c. 1425 – c. 1503) was an early German printer, who studied in Paris and worked as a manuscript copyist in 1451 before apprenticing with Johannes Gutenberg and joining Johann Fust in Mainz, a goldsmith, lawyer, and money lender.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sch%C3%B6ffer
Source of the photo from the map:
fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Peregrinatio_in_terram_sa...