Jerusalem--Milonis, Paul à.

the condition of this lot is as described in the catalogue description
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Rare bird's-eye view/plan of Jerusalem and environs, drawn by one "Reverendus Pater Paulus a Milonico minorita Hierosolomitanus octogenarius", the Reverend Father Paul from Milonis, an octogenarian Franciscan, recorded as being in Jerusalem in the 1680s.

The mapping of Jerusalem followed two distinct traditions, the imaginary reconstructions of the city in the early Christian period, favoured by most European publishers, and a smaller number of maps compiled by eye-witnesses, frequently pilgrims to the Holy City. This map follows the latter tradition.

As befits a pilgrimage map, the map itself is a little distorted, with the important sites, particularly Jerusalem itself, exaggerated for aesthetic purposes at the expense of geographic functionality, with an extensive key to important landmarks in and around the city, and small vignette scenes depicting Biblical events.

This is the first state of the map, and is the only example of this state traced thus far, with two examples of a later state known.