Manuscript Map of the Holy Land, early 18th Century
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[Manuscript map of the Holy Land]
Pencil, ink, and watercolor on faux vellum with horizontal and vertical folding creases (8 segments) and no mounting guard; pencil grid visible in upper left and rights quadrants.
C. early 18th century.
19 1/4" x 22" sheet.
MANUSCRIPT Map of the Holy Land, northern Egypt, and parts of the Arabian Desert. Italian manuscript map depicting the 40 Stations of the Exodus, from Israel s Flight from Egypt (Raamses) to the Entry into Canaan. The chronology includes the Crossing of the Red Sea and the 11th Station at Mount Sinai. Note the perspectival tour de force applied to fit the course of the Nile (archaic) and the Red Sea in the lower half of the sheet. In addition to Cairo (identified in a moral cross-reference as Babylon of Egypt ) and Jerusalem, the unidentified cartographer identifies the Land of Goshen, the Desert of Edom in Transjordan, the Sinai Peninsula, as well as the unsurveyed Kingdom of Moab, and the enemy territory of the Amalekites.
Condition: excellent with no visible flaws; traces of mounting guard visible on verso; upper portion of the map appears glued on (see non-aligning chain lines).
Pencil, ink, and watercolor on faux vellum with horizontal and vertical folding creases (8 segments) and no mounting guard; pencil grid visible in upper left and rights quadrants.
C. early 18th century.
19 1/4" x 22" sheet.
MANUSCRIPT Map of the Holy Land, northern Egypt, and parts of the Arabian Desert. Italian manuscript map depicting the 40 Stations of the Exodus, from Israel s Flight from Egypt (Raamses) to the Entry into Canaan. The chronology includes the Crossing of the Red Sea and the 11th Station at Mount Sinai. Note the perspectival tour de force applied to fit the course of the Nile (archaic) and the Red Sea in the lower half of the sheet. In addition to Cairo (identified in a moral cross-reference as Babylon of Egypt ) and Jerusalem, the unidentified cartographer identifies the Land of Goshen, the Desert of Edom in Transjordan, the Sinai Peninsula, as well as the unsurveyed Kingdom of Moab, and the enemy territory of the Amalekites.
Condition: excellent with no visible flaws; traces of mounting guard visible on verso; upper portion of the map appears glued on (see non-aligning chain lines).
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Manuscript Map of the Holy Land, early 18th Century
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