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Auction 72
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72-4215 Ägypten.
Zwei Manuskriptkarten, 18 Jhdt. - Alte vertikale Falte abgenutzt, ein Mittelfalz gebrochen, einige kl. Randeinrisse.
A Pair of Manuscript Maps of Egypt, depicting Upper and Lower Egypt extending from the point at which St. Eleno crossed the Nile on the back of a crocodile in the North (near Antinopolis) to the First Cataract in the South, parts of Libya and the Red Sea, also showing topographical features, many locations of Christian interest including the hermitage of St. Pachomius founded at Tabennisi on the island of Elephantine, as well as many other anchorite dwellings and meeting places, watercolour over pen and ink, on thick laid paper, 475 x 730mm. and 495 x 735mm. respectively, with wear to old vertical folds, one with crack to central fold, a few slight marginal tears, 18th century. - St. Pachomius is widely recognised as the founder of Christian cenobitic monasticism.
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