Map of the Temple in Jerusalem

Uri of Biella

1564

Manuscript page with Hebrew text above illustration of city walls with central domed building.
This map of the Temple in Jerusalem made in Safed by a Jewish scribe comes from an example of a “pilgrimage scroll,” also known as an “itinerary,” because they included instructions for visiting holy sites. Jewish pilgrimage scrolls from the mid-sixteenth century were stylistically modeled after Muslim scrolls and featured the Temple Mount as it was, with Muslim shrines such as the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Credits

The National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Ms. Heb. 8°6947

Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 5.

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Creator Bio

Uri of Biella

16th Century

Uri of Biella was a scribe in Safed, creator of the sixteenth-century scroll known as Yiḥus ha-avot (Genealogy of the Patriarchs).

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