The Holy Land, by Jacobus Tirinus. 1632
This map shows the distribution of the tribes on both sides of the Jordan, the shoreline running from Sidon as far as the Nile Delta. At the bottom center, an inset oval map of ancient Jerusalem: "Hierosolymae veteris imago", after Villalpando. Along both sides and the bottom 16 vignettes of biblical objects. In the left bottom corner is a plan of the Temple, and in the right bottom corner a view of the Temple.
Jacobus Tirinus (1580–1636) was a Belgian Jesuit Biblical scholar. His major work is the Commentarius in Sacram Scripturam, a Bible commentary in two volumes from 1645. He also published a chorography, Chorographia Terrae Sanctae in Angustiorem Formam Redacta, around 1630.
Chorographia Terrae Sanctae In augustiorem formam redacta, et ex variis auctoribus a multis erroribus expurgata.
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Category: Antique maps > Asia > Holy Land
Old, antique map of the Holy Land, by Jacobus Tirinus.
Date: 1632
Oriented to the east.
Copper engraving, printed on paper from two plates, joined.
Size (not including margins): 32.5 x 85cm (12.7 x 33.2 inches)
Verso: Blank
Condition: Lower margin repaired.
Condition Rating: A
References: Laor, #771.
From: Tirinus J. Commentarius in Vetus et Novum Testamentum. Antwerp, Martinus Nutius, 1632.
This map shows the distribution of the tribes on both sides of the Jordan, the shoreline running from Sidon as far as the Nile Delta. At the bottom center, an inset oval map of ancient Jerusalem: "Hierosolymae veteris imago", after Villalpando. Along both sides and the bottom 16 vignettes of biblical objects. In the left bottom corner is a plan of the Temple, and in the right bottom corner a view of the Temple.
Jacobus Tirinus (1580–1636) was a Belgian Jesuit Biblical scholar. His major work is the Commentarius in Sacram Scripturam, a Bible commentary in two volumes from 1645. He also published a chorography, Chorographia Terrae Sanctae in Angustiorem Formam Redacta, around 1630.