La Palestine, les Tribus, et Jerusalem – Antique Wall Art
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A window into the past: La Palestine, les Tribus, et Jerusalem, preserved in this historic image. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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La Palestine, les Tribus, et Jerusalem
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The title pairs three subjects, the land of Palestine, the twelve tribes, and Jerusalem, which suggests a picture meant to show how the biblical territory was divided among Israel's tribes and where its holiest city sat within it. The Book of Joshua describes that allotment of land, and Jerusalem, though not originally assigned to any single tribe, became the religious and political center of the Israelite kingdom. Prints like this one, with French titles, were often made for religious instruction or Bible study, when European readers relied on images and maps to picture distant sacred places. Its value lies in how it turns a written geography into something a viewer can see at a glance.
| Original scan | 6,612 × 5,144 px · prints to 22 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 1783 Holy Land |
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