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Author:  Heinrich Scherer (1628-1704)

                  was a Professor of Hebrew, Mathematics and Ethics at the University of Dillingen

Map title:  :    [ With Symbolism of 4 Religions ] Archipelagi Graeciae sive Maris Aegei cum Praecipuis Suis Insulis Geographica Descriptio, Munich / 1700

Description: A very interesting map of Greece and the Aegean Sea.

Includes 4 inhabitants of the Greek islands, each of whom is holding a book of religious significance:

• Islamic Resident: a book with words. “Alkoran, Deus and Mohammed of the Prophet,” which translates to “The Quran is God and Muhammad is the prophet.”

• Catholic Resident: A book that mentions “the one holy and apostolic Roman Church (Pope Boniface VIII).”

• Greek Orthodox resident: a book with the words “ΑΓΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΠΕΡΑ”, which means “Holy of the Savior of the Pen”.

• Jewish resident: a book with the words “Lex et Prophetae” and “Talmud”. Lex et Prophetae would refer to the sections of the Hebrew Bible known as the Law and the Prophets. The Talmud is a distinct set of texts containing rabbinic debates, interpretations, and expansions of the laws and ethics originally presented in the Torah.