"Examines the creation in 1483 of the first illustrated travelogue, Peregrinatio in terram sanctam (Journey to the Holy Land), by Bernhard von Breydenbach and his artist, Erhard Reuwich of Utrecht. Focuses on the early use of the print medium to influence public opinion"--Provided by publisher.
Picturing experience in the early printed book
Palestine--Description and travel--Early works to 1800
Introduction : the pilgrims and their project -- The authority of the artist-author's view -- Mediterranean encounters : Lady Venice, Holy Land heretics, and crusade -- The map of the Holy Land : artist as cartographer -- The view of Jerusalem : perspectives on a holy city.
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages--Palestine--Early works to 1800