Collection: Osher Map Library Collection
Name: The Madaba Map
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Notes: Reproduced by the Survey of Israel and The Israel Exploration Society, from Palmer and Guthe's Reproduction, 1906.
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Dimensions: 52 cm x 75 cm on sheet; 47 cm x 74 cm neat line
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Historical Context: The Madaba map is the world's oldest mosaic floor map and one of the earliest depictions of the Holy Land. It was constructed during the 6th century C.E. to adorn the floor of a Byzantine church in Madaba, Jordan then part of the Roman Empire. This depiction of the map was first illustrated by Paul Palmer who was an architect in Jerusalem. Together with Hermann Guthe they published Die Mosaikkarte von Madeba published in Leipzig by Baedeker in 1906. This image was reproduced by the Survey of Israel in 1954. Religious sites are oversized given their importance and emphasizing the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea.
LC Call Number: G2230 .A9 1954
OCLC: 156939808
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