Castra metatio oder Zeichnung der Lager-Ordnung

 

Christoph Weigel

 

c. 1720  

engraving with hand-applied color 

12 7/8 x 15 3/4" platemark 

 

 

 

 

joined, double leaves of cream laid paper with elaborate watermark 

published in Descriptio Orbis Antiqui in XLVIV Tabulis 

Christoph Weigel, Nuremberg 

23275 

$400.00 

According to Mostly Maps, this “map with view in the foreground of the Exodus scene, depicts the encampment of the 12 Tribes of Israel around the enclosure containing the Ark of the Covenant. In the foreground, Israelites gather manna fallen from the heavens. A letter key identifies the tribal encampments and other major sites.”