'Ducatus Saxoniae Superioris'. Ancient Upper Saxony. ZOLLMANN/HOMANN, c1735 map

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Artist/engraver/cartographer: Friedrich Zollmann; Homann heirs. Provenance: Published by Homann Heirs, Nuremberg. Type: Decorative antique eighteenth century atlas map, printed on thick paper, with original colouring and wide margins. Decorative title cartouche surrounded by images of pagan and Slavic gods, including Flins, Swantewith, Radegast and Zernibog (Chernobog) - whose effigy is being pulled down. Another effigy is being destroyed in the vignette adjacent to the title, presumably symbolising the rejection of pagan beliefs and the advent of Christianity during the dark ages

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Size: 7307px × 6291px
Location: Germany
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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