Antique Map-FIRST CHRISTIANS-MIDDLE EAST-EUROPE-NORTH AFRICA-Spenheim-1701

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‘”ORBIS VELUS UBI PRIMAE ECCLESIAE SEDES”‘

– This print shows an antique map of the places were the first Christianity settled in the Middle East, Europe and the North of Africa.

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Description

This print shows an antique map of the places were the first Christianity settled in the Middle East, Europe and the North of Africa.

Made by an anonymous engraver after Spenheim.

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 49.5 x 37.5 cm (19.49 x 14.76 inch). Image size: 47.3 x 33.3 cm. (18.62 x 13.11 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Fold as published. Edges brownish. Brown spots. Some small tears in margins restored. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

FIRST CHRISTIANS-RELIGION-MIDDLE EAST-EUROPE-NORTH AFRICA | RBOS-A9-33

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive print was published in ‘Opera geographiam sacram, (Atlas of religious Geography)’, Leiden 1701-1703.

Biography artist: Spenheim (1632-1701) was one of the most important German geographers and historians of sacred geography and history. From 1672 until his death he was the chief librarian at the University of Leiden. These maps are from his most well-known work.

Additional information

Dimensions 37 × 49 × 1 cm

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