Print Technique: Giclee
Printed
on: Bark Paper
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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