“Ierusalem Civitas Sancta… Hodei Uero Colonai Turcae”

MÜNSTER, SEBASTIAN

Basel, first edition 1550 (or later)

On verso, 11 lines of Hebrew text in praise of Jerusalem. From: Cosmographia Universalis.

Laor 1085.

Double page bird’s-eye view of Jerusalem and surrounding hills from Mount of Olives. Jerusalem is depicted in its current Ottoman state with its skyline defined by numerous minarets. Bottom of page contains text describing Jericho.