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Original filePilgrimage of Jesus Christ
Peregrinatie Iesu Christi :, een ordentlicke bescrijvinge des Heijlighen landts daer ten tijde des Nieuwen Testaments ... /, Joannes à Duetecum junior fecit
Doetecum, Joannes van, de Jongere
About This Work
This is a detailed, monochromatic copperplate engraving representing a historical map of the Holy Land. The map is oriented with the Mediterranean Sea at the bottom, featuring stylized sailing vessels and mythical sea creatures in the water. The landscape is densely labeled with town names and topographical features, framed by decorative scrollwork cartouches that house titles and textual information in the upper corners.
This print reflects the early modern Christian preoccupation with 'sacred geography,' a genre that combined empirical cartography with biblical exegesis to visualize the physical setting of the Gospels for devotional and scholarly study.
Inscriptions(Dutch)
Peregrinatie Iesu Christi :, een ordentlicke bescrijvinge des Heijlighen landts daer ten tijde des Nieuwen Testaments ... /, Joannes à Duetecum junior fecit.
Translation
Pilgrimage of Jesus Christ: an orderly description of the Holy Land during the time of the New Testament... / Joannes à Duetecum junior made this.
Connected Texts
New Testament
The map serves as a visual guide to the geographical settings described throughout the New Testament narratives.
Provenance & Source
Object
IIIF Source
map
Digital Source
Allard Pierson, University of Amsterdam · Public domain
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