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Jerusalem: Map from Crusader period on psalter (12th c. AD)
Jerusalem: Crusader map on 12th c. Psalter (Nat.Lib.NL, the Hague)
This
unique map from northwest France, drawn on a 12th century Psalter,
shows a circular plan of Jerusalem as the center of the world. It also
labels specific features such as the Gate of St Stephen, various
churches, the site of Golgatha, and the Temple of Salomon (the Dome of
the Rock).
At
bottom, a group of crusaders on horseback are also depicted. The
Psalter manuscript is now held at the National Library of the
Netherlands in the Hague.
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