A very interesting and decorative map of the Holy Land by the Jesuit monk Jacobus Tirinus. Oriented to the east, map depicts from Syria and Tyre southward as far as the Sinai, Egypt and Thebes. The Mediterranean is decorated with sailing ships and, in the lower left quadrant, a surveying tool between two censors. Surrounding the map proper on the left, right, and bottom margins, there are 19 maps and images of Biblical objects. The largest and most central of these is a stunning inset of Jerusalem, which notes the various temples and important buildings located there. Other images include the Arc of the Covenant, Israelite coins, Roman antiquities, views of a Menorah, various angels, and a plan of the Temple. From the S. Scripturam commentarius duobus tomus comprehensus, quibus explicantur hoc primo post varia prolegomena Vetus fere Testamentum published in Venice in 1730.
Chorographia Terrae Sanctae in Angustiorem Formam Redacta, et ex Variis Auctoribus…
- Author: Jacobus Tirinus
- Dimension: 310 x 820 mm
- Place of publication: Venice
- Year: 1730
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