Map: A PLAN of the CITY of JERUSALEM according to the Description thereof in the Books of the OLD TESTAMENT but more expecially in that of NEHEMIAH

1989.11.0013

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Artifact Identification Map: A PLAN of the CITY of JERUSALEM according to the Description thereof in the Books of the OLD TESTAMENT but more expecially in that of NEHEMIAH   (1989.11.0013)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Documentary Artifacts
  4. :
  5. Graphic Documents
Artist/Maker Bowen, Emanuel: Engraver (1714-1767) (after) Herman Moll (c.1654-1732) William Innys, Richard Ware, et al.: Publishers
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date 1747
Culture British, English

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 44.5 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 41.8 cm
Dimension 3 (N/A) N/A
Weight 11 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Paper--rag, Pigment--ink
Manufacturing Processes Printed

Research Remarks

Description

Plan of the city of Jerusalem taken from Old Testament descriptions, relying in particular on Nehemiah. Key at left. Text in English. Scale at bottom.

Published Description Under Review
Bibliography

Williams, Glyndwr. The Great South Sea: English Voyages and Encounters, 1570-1750. P. 252-3. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997.

Bowen, Emanuel. A Complete Atlas or, Distinct View of the Known World. London, 1752.

Gilbert, Martin. Jerusalem, Rebirth of a City. Viking, Penguin, Inc., 1985.

Gilbert, Martin. Jerusalem Illustrated History Atlas. Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv, Hafia: Steimatsky's Agency, 1978.

Gray, John. A History of Jerusalem. New York and Washington: Frederick A. Praeger Publishers, 1969.

Laor, Eran. Maps of the Holy Land: Cartobibliography of Printed Maps, 1475-1900. New York: A. R. Liss, 1986. Catalog #1182.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication The Seymour and Muriel Yale Collection of Coins of the Ottoman Empire and Other Middle East States
Reproduction No

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