Map of Jerusalem

George Braun

Franciscus Hogenberg

1612

In this seventeenth-century map, Jerusalem is depicted as a fairly dense city within a wall, with only a few structures outside. Men in Arab dress stand in small groups conversing with one another in the foreground. A Latin inscription in the top center reads: “This is Jerusalem. I placed it in the middle of the gentiles and placed lands in a circle around her” (Ezekiel 5:5). A second Latin inscription on the bottom left reads: “Jerusalem, the Holy City of Judea, and by far the most distinguished city of all the Orient. This is evident in our time by its greatness and splendor.”
Print of walled city surrounded by hills, and two figures in forefront, with Latin text above and below image.

Credits

George Braun and Franciscus Hogenberg. From the collection of the National Library of Israel, courtesy of Eran Laor Map Collection. Latin translation by Brandon Bourgeois.

Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 5.

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Creator Bio

George Braun

1542–1622

Georg Braun (also known as Brunus) was a German topographer. Born in Cologne, Germany, he was a Catholic cleric and the principal editor of a book of town plans and views, the six-volume Civitates Orbis Terrarum, published between 1572 and 1617, which set new standards for cartography.

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Franciscus Hogenberg

1535–1590

Frans Hogenberg (also known as Franciscus Hogenberg) was a Flemish and German painter, engraver, and mapmaker. Originally from Mechelen in Flanders, Belgium, he was banned from Antwerp as a Protestant in 1568. After spending a few years in London, he emigrated to Cologne, Germany. He collaborated with his son Abraham Hogenberg and Georg Braun on a book of town plans and views, the six-volume Civitates Orbis Terrarum, published between 1572 and 1617, which set new standards for cartography.

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