Ierusalem, cum suburbiis, prout tempore Christi floruit. Hand-colored copperplate view.

SEUTTER, MATTHAEUS.

Augsburg, 1756

Laor 1130.

From: Seutter’s Atlas Novus. An imaginary plan of the city of Jerusalem, drawn after the example composed by Christian van Adrichom (1533-1595) that appeared in his Theatrum Terrae Sanctae, Cologne, 1584. The plan contains 254 scenes and points of interest both inside and outside the walls of the Holy City, based upon Biblical and historical descriptions. Images appear to be anachronistic, as the ancient scenes and characters appear within 16th century European architecture. For example, item no. 11 is recorded as the home of the Biblical Uriah and Bathsheba here depicted as a Renaissance palazzo. Below is an extensive explanatory text entitled: “Beschreibung der Stadt Ierusalem…” which serves as key to the images above.