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[[File:1581 Bunting clover leaf map.jpg|thumb|300px|''Die ganze Welt in einem Kleberblat'' (The entire World in a Cloverleaf). Jerusalem is in the centre of the map surrounded by the three continents.]] |
[[File:1581 Bunting clover leaf map.jpg|thumb|300px|''Die ganze Welt in einem Kleberblat'' (The entire World in a Cloverleaf). Jerusalem is in the centre of the map surrounded by the three continents.]] |
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The '''Bünting |
The '''Bünting cloverleaf map''', also known as '''''The World in a Cloverleaf''''', ([[German language|German]] title: "''Die ganze Welt in einem Kleberblat/Welches ist der Stadt Hannover meines lieben Vaterlandes Wapen''") is a historic [[mappa mundi]] drawn by the [[Germans|German]] [[Protestant]] [[pastor]], [[theologian]], and [[cartographer]] [[Heinrich Bünting]]. The map was published in his book ''Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae'' (Travel Book of Holy Scripture) in 1581.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DmNm3zW99JwC&pg=PA159 |page=159 |title=The Road to Jerusalem: Pilgrimage and Travel in the Age of Discovery |author=F. Thomas Noonan |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |year=2007|isbn=978-0-8122-3994-2 }}</ref> |
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Today the map is found within the Eran Laor maps collection in the [[National Library of Israel]] in [[Jerusalem]]. A mosaic model of the map is installed on the fence of [[Safra Square]] at the site of Jerusalem's city hall. |
Today the map is found within the Eran Laor maps collection in the [[National Library of Israel]] in [[Jerusalem]]. A mosaic model of the map is installed on the fence of [[Safra Square]] at the site of Jerusalem's city hall. |
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The map is a figurative illustration, in the manner of the medieval mappa mundi format, depicting the world via a [[clover |
The map is a figurative illustration, in the manner of the medieval mappa mundi format, depicting the world via a [[trefoil|clover leaf shape]].<ref name="Carlton2015">{{cite book|author=Genevieve Carlton|title=Worldly Consumers: The Demand for Maps in Renaissance Italy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6MCkCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA42|year=2015|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0-226-25545-3|page=42}}</ref> The shape symbolizes the [[Christianity|Christian]] [[Trinity]] and also appears in the coat of arms of [[Hanover]], where Bünting was born. The city of Jerusalem is represented as the centre, surrounded by three central continents, with some more areas of the world being accordingly illustrated separately from the clover. |
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==Description== |
==Description== |
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The dimension of the map is 38 by 30 centimeters. |
The dimension of the map is 38 by 30 centimeters. |
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Jerusalem is in the centre of the map surrounded by the three continents of |
Jerusalem is in the centre of the map surrounded by the three continents of Europe, Africa, and Asia, comprising three leaves of a [[trefoil|clover leaf shape]].<ref name="Hiatt2008">{{cite book|author=Alfred Hiatt|title=Terra Incognita: Mapping the Antipodes Before 1600|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s34YAQAAMAAJ|year=2008|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0-226-33303-8|page=187}}</ref> The top-left leaf shape coloured in red represents Europe, the bottom one coloured in yellow represents Africa, and the top-right one coloured in green represents Asia. The three continents include captions of their various countries and illustrations of some of their cities. Europe includes one illustration of the Italian city [[Rome]], the continent of Africa includes illustrations of three cities with one being the Egyptian city of [[Alexandria]], and Asia includes illustrations of nine cities. |
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The clover is surrounded by the [[ocean]], with its surface including illustrations of sea creatures, monsters, and a ship. [[England]] and [[Denmark]]—as perhaps the tip of the entire [[Nordic countries]]—are represented as two island-shapes above |
The clover is surrounded by the [[ocean]], with its surface including illustrations of sea creatures, monsters, and a ship.<ref name="MapCollector">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mQDuAAAAMAAJ |page=21 |year=1963 |title=Map Collectors' Series: Geographical Oddities, Issues 1-10 |publisher=Map Collectors' Circle}}</ref> [[England]] and [[Denmark]]<ref name="MapCollector"/> together with [[Sweden]]—as perhaps the tip of the entire [[Nordic countries]]{{cn|date=March 2024}}—are represented as two island-shapes above Europe's leaf. The [[Red Sea]] is illustrated between Africa and Asia, painted in red. [[Americas|America]] is represented as a separating, mostly unrevealed shape at the lower left corner, coloured in green like Asia, with the caption ''Die Neue Welt'' (The [[New World]]).<ref name="MapCollector"/> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110927104014/http://jnul.huji.ac.il/dl/maps/pal/html/eng/MapsByPersons_A-B.html Information about the map] at Eran Laor's Collection, The National Library of Israel website. |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110927104014/http://jnul.huji.ac.il/dl/maps/pal/html/eng/MapsByPersons_A-B.html Information about the map] at Eran Laor's Collection, The National Library of Israel website. |
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* [http://www.library.yale.edu/MapColl/oldsite/map/curious.html Description of the map – Yale university], Under the title ''Asia Secunda Pars Terrae in Forma Pegasir. Die Gantze Welt in ein Kleberblat. Heinrich Bunting, c. 1590.'' |
* [http://www.library.yale.edu/MapColl/oldsite/map/curious.html Description of the map – Yale university] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809104410/http://www.library.yale.edu/MapColl/oldsite/map/curious.html |date=2016-08-09 }}, Under the title ''Asia Secunda Pars Terrae in Forma Pegasir. Die Gantze Welt in ein Kleberblat. Heinrich Bunting, c. 1590.'' |
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Latest revision as of 16:29, 27 March 2024
The Bünting cloverleaf map, also known as The World in a Cloverleaf, (German title: "Die ganze Welt in einem Kleberblat/Welches ist der Stadt Hannover meines lieben Vaterlandes Wapen") is a historic mappa mundi drawn by the German Protestant pastor, theologian, and cartographer Heinrich Bünting. The map was published in his book Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae (Travel Book of Holy Scripture) in 1581.[1]
Today the map is found within the Eran Laor maps collection in the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem. A mosaic model of the map is installed on the fence of Safra Square at the site of Jerusalem's city hall.
The map is a figurative illustration, in the manner of the medieval mappa mundi format, depicting the world via a clover leaf shape.[2] The shape symbolizes the Christian Trinity and also appears in the coat of arms of Hanover, where Bünting was born. The city of Jerusalem is represented as the centre, surrounded by three central continents, with some more areas of the world being accordingly illustrated separately from the clover.
Description
[edit]The dimension of the map is 38 by 30 centimeters.
Jerusalem is in the centre of the map surrounded by the three continents of Europe, Africa, and Asia, comprising three leaves of a clover leaf shape.[3] The top-left leaf shape coloured in red represents Europe, the bottom one coloured in yellow represents Africa, and the top-right one coloured in green represents Asia. The three continents include captions of their various countries and illustrations of some of their cities. Europe includes one illustration of the Italian city Rome, the continent of Africa includes illustrations of three cities with one being the Egyptian city of Alexandria, and Asia includes illustrations of nine cities.
The clover is surrounded by the ocean, with its surface including illustrations of sea creatures, monsters, and a ship.[4] England and Denmark[4] together with Sweden—as perhaps the tip of the entire Nordic countries[citation needed]—are represented as two island-shapes above Europe's leaf. The Red Sea is illustrated between Africa and Asia, painted in red. America is represented as a separating, mostly unrevealed shape at the lower left corner, coloured in green like Asia, with the caption Die Neue Welt (The New World).[4]
References
[edit]- ^ F. Thomas Noonan (2007). The Road to Jerusalem: Pilgrimage and Travel in the Age of Discovery. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 159. ISBN 978-0-8122-3994-2.
- ^ Genevieve Carlton (2015). Worldly Consumers: The Demand for Maps in Renaissance Italy. University of Chicago Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-226-25545-3.
- ^ Alfred Hiatt (2008). Terra Incognita: Mapping the Antipodes Before 1600. University of Chicago Press. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-226-33303-8.
- ^ a b c Map Collectors' Series: Geographical Oddities, Issues 1-10. Map Collectors' Circle. 1963. p. 21.
Further reading
[edit]- Jerusalem in Maps and Mirrors, from Byzantine Period Until the 19th Century, 1987, Nahar Books and Kinneret Zmora-Bitan Dvir publishers.
External links
[edit]- Information about the map at Eran Laor's Collection, The National Library of Israel website.
- Description of the map – Yale university Archived 2016-08-09 at the Wayback Machine, Under the title Asia Secunda Pars Terrae in Forma Pegasir. Die Gantze Welt in ein Kleberblat. Heinrich Bunting, c. 1590.