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World - Clover Leaf
Heinrich Bunting
Woodcut.
This is a very interesting representation of Jerusalem and the rest of the world as known at the time.
The map shows three continents: Europe, Asia and Africa in the form of a clover leaf with the city of Jerusalem in the centre. From "Itinerarium Sacrae Scipturae" by Heinrich Bunting , 1545-1606.
Imprint by Jacobus Lucuis, Helmstadt 1585 .
From the Eran Laor Cartographic Collection
The Jewish National & University Library, Jerusalem
Not original coloring
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Catalogue: WCL
Size: 30x40 cm
Limited Edition of 499
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Handmade facsimiles by using ink, natural pigments and
special "parchment paper"
which allows very high quality facsimiles.This hand-made paper is
manufactured using age old
techniques.
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