Large “Mizrah” with Illustrations of the Holy Sites – Vienna, 1889

Large “Mizrah” with Illustrations of the Holy Sites – Vienna, 1889
A large, colorful, “Mizrah”, created by Shaul Ben Pinchas Hornstein. Lithographic printing by Em. Joachim, Vienna, 1889. Depictions of sites in Jerusalem are based on the prototype drawn by R’ Yehossef Schwartz in 1837. Rabbi Shaul Hornstein – author of “Givat Shaul” (Vienna 1883), a book about the geography and history of Eretz Israel settlements and holy sites from biblical times to modern times. The ”Mizrah” offered here portrays graphic depictions of various sites, graves and towns in Eretz Israel: At the top - tombs of Davidic Kings and the tomb of Rabbi Meir Ba’al HaNess; in the center, a large image of the Western Wall and houses of Jerusalem below which appear sites on the Mediterranean seashore (“Yam HaGadol”): “Zo Ir HaKodesh Yaffo”, [the tomb of] “Elisha the Prophet [on] Mount Carmel”, “Ir HaKodesh Haifa” and “Zo Ir HaKodesh Zidon”; Along the right margins appear images of the tomb of Yossef HaTzadik, Cave of the Patriarchs, Rachel’s Tomb, tomb of Shamai HaZaken and the tombs of the Rambam and Hashla; along the left margins we see the tomb of Rabbi Yochanan HaSandlar, tomb of Hoshe’a the Prophet, tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, tomb of Shmuel the Prophet and the site of “Tiberias Hot Springs”. 61X48 cm. Fair condition. Slightly faded. Trimmed margins. Tears and breaks. Stains. Framed (unexamined out of frame). See: Jerusalem – Spirit and Matter, Nitza Behruzi (Eretz Israel Museum, Tel-Aviv, 1993), p.23.