Ierusalem, vetustissima illa et celeberrima totius mundi ciuitas : ex sacris literis et approbatis historicis ad unguem descripta : una cum orthodoxis figurae ac ueritatis explicationibus, iuxta scripturarum Veteris ac Noui Testamenti accuratam collationem : ac quaenam huius urbis, templique & omnium aliorum, tam intra quàm extra moenia locorum atque gestorum mystica sit repraesentatio : quid etiam peregrina propria nomina in tota passim histoira commemorata, signifcent at[que] denotent

Reissner, Adam, 1500-1572, Heyden, Johann, 16th cent, translator, Feyerabend, Sigmund, 1528-1590, printer, Rab, Georg, -1580 printer, Weigand Han Erben, printer · 1563 · Francofurti ad Moenum : Per Georgium Corvinum, Sigismundum Feirabent, & Haeredes Vuigandi Galli · 27 pictures

A 1563 Latin book on Jerusalem by Adam Reissner, with Johann Heyden's translation, printed in Frankfurt am Main by Sigmund Feyerabend and partners, combining scriptural history with allegorical interpretation. The woodcut pictures show the city's walls, the temple courtyard with a gathered crowd, and soldiers and kneeling figures in arcaded halls, offering a designer a model for architectural perspective and crowded scenes in early German woodcut style.

Jerusalem -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 · Jerusalem -- History

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