Mallet, Alain Manesson. Ancienne Jerusalem [Ancient Jerusalem]

(MAP OF HOLY LAND)

(Paris

1683)

French. Copperplate

Undique ad Terram Sanctam: Cartographic Exhibition from the Eran Laor Collection (Jerusalem: JNUL, 1976), 63

Figure CIX from A.M. Mallet, Description de l’univers (Paris 1683). This map of ancient Jerusalem incorporates elements of both First and Second Temples. The City of David is clearly First Temple era, while Antonius’ Fortress belongs to the era of the Second Temple under Roman rule. Otherwise, the view down from the Mount of Olives to the Temple Mount, traversing the Valley of Josaphat, is fairly accurate.One speculates that the harbor depicted at the bottom of the page is the port of Acco (Acre)