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Ruins of Babylon as a Dwelling Place of Dragons

In Sebastian Münster, Cosmographia. Bschreibung aller Lender..., Basel: Heinrich Petri (printer), 1544 (Munich, BSB), p. clxi

p. clxi (131 of 214 in-Urus figures)

Details

Matrices

Ruins of Babylon as a Dwelling Place of Dragons (Petri)

Actors

Heinrich Petri (1508 - 24 April 1579) printer : 1544

Places

Basel production place : 1544

Design

Ruins of Babylon as a Dwelling Place of Dragons (Petri) ◼

Expert view

Iconography description

Ruins of Babylon as a Dwelling Place of Dragons and other Creatures (Iconclass: 71O337(ISAIAH 13: 21-22))

Narrative

Fertility of ancient Germania (Cosmographia, III, De Germania)

Functional context

Münster's Cosmographia (Cosmographies, chorographies and chronicles)

References

Web resources

digital copy (MDZ)

Credits

Created by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2026-06-18 19:35)

Edited by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec

Last update by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2026-06-19 06:26)