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'''Bünting Map''' is an historic [[ |
'''Bünting Map''' is an historic [[mappa mundi]] which was drawn by the [[Germans|German]] [[Protestant]] [[pastor]], [[theologist]] and [[cartographer]] [[Heinrich Bünting]]. The map was published in his book ''Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae'' (Travel through Holy Scripture) in 1581. 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]] shape.<ref name="Carlton2015">{{cite book|author=Genevieve Carlton|title=Worldly Consumers: The Demand for Maps in Renaissance Italy|url=http://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 is a symbolisation of the [[Christian]] [[Trinity]] and a component at the symbolisation of the German city [[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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The map was published in his book ''Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae'' - "Travel through Holy Scripture" in 1581. 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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==Description== |
==Description== |
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Jerusalem is illustrated as a circle at the counterpoint of the three continents of [[Asia]], [[Europe]] and [[Africa]] which are illustrated as a three-leaved [[clover]] shapes, painted in three colours. The top-right leaf-shape coloured in green represents Asia, the top-left one coloured in red represents Europe, and the bottom one coloured in yellow represents Africa. The three continents include captions of their various countries and illustrations of some of their cities. Asia includes illustrations of nine cities, Europe includes one illustration of the [[Italy|Italian]] city [[Rome]], and the continent of Africa includes illustrations of three cities with one being the [[Egypt]]ian city [[Cairo]]. |
Jerusalem is illustrated as a circle at the counterpoint of the three continents of [[Asia]], [[Europe]] and [[Africa]] which are illustrated as a three-leaved [[clover]] shapes, painted in three colours. The top-right leaf-shape coloured in green represents Asia, the top-left one coloured in red represents Europe, and the bottom one coloured in yellow represents Africa. The three continents include captions of their various countries and illustrations of some of their cities. Asia includes illustrations of nine cities, Europe includes one illustration of the [[Italy|Italian]] city [[Rome]], and the continent of Africa includes illustrations of three cities with one being the [[Egypt]]ian city [[Cairo]]. |
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The clover is surrounded by the [[ocean]], with its surface including illustrations of sea creatures, monsters, and a ship. [[England]] |
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 Europe’s leaf. The [[Red Sea]] is illustrated between Asia and Africa, painted in red. The continent of [[Americas|America]] is represented as a separated shape, coloured in green like Asia, at the bottom-left corner of the map, with the caption ''The new World'', as it was a new discovered area for the Europeans back in the 16th century when the map was conceived. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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==Further reading== |
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*'''Jerusalem in Maps and Mirrors, from Byzantine Period Until the 19th Century''', 1987, Nahar Books and Kinneret Zmora-Bitan Dvir publishers. |
*'''Jerusalem in Maps and Mirrors, from Byzantine Period Until the 19th Century''', 1987, Nahar Books and Kinneret Zmora-Bitan Dvir publishers. |
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Bünting Map is an historic mappa mundi which was drawn by the German Protestant pastor, theologist and cartographer Heinrich Bünting. The map was published in his book Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae (Travel through Holy Scripture) in 1581. 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 shape.[1] The shape is a symbolisation of the Christian Trinity and a component at the symbolisation of the German city 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
The dimension of the map is 38 by 30 centimeters.
Jerusalem is illustrated as a circle at the counterpoint of the three continents of Asia, Europe and Africa which are illustrated as a three-leaved clover shapes, painted in three colours. The top-right leaf-shape coloured in green represents Asia, the top-left one coloured in red represents Europe, and the bottom one coloured in yellow represents Africa. The three continents include captions of their various countries and illustrations of some of their cities. Asia includes illustrations of nine cities, Europe includes one illustration of the Italian city Rome, and the continent of Africa includes illustrations of three cities with one being the Egyptian city Cairo.
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 Europe’s leaf. The Red Sea is illustrated between Asia and Africa, painted in red. The continent of America is represented as a separated shape, coloured in green like Asia, at the bottom-left corner of the map, with the caption The new World, as it was a new discovered area for the Europeans back in the 16th century when the map was conceived.
References
- ^ Genevieve Carlton (2015). Worldly Consumers: The Demand for Maps in Renaissance Italy. University of Chicago Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-226-25545-3.
Further reading
- Jerusalem in Maps and Mirrors, from Byzantine Period Until the 19th Century, 1987, Nahar Books and Kinneret Zmora-Bitan Dvir publishers.
External links
- Information about the map at Eran Laor's Collection, The National Library of Israel website.
- 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.