AGSL GeoDiscovery

Perspectivische vorstellung des berühmten Blocken

Alternative Title:

Perspectivische vorstellung des berühmten Blocken oder Bloks Bergs : mit der jenigen gegend, so weit solche von dem, der auf der spitze des berges stehet, gefehen werden kan / gezeichnet von A. 1732 von L.S. Bestehorn.

Description:

1 view : hand col. ; 48 x 56 cm.

Relief shown pictorially.

Decorative cartouche held by mythical birds.

Includes index to some physical features and places.

From Homann Heirs, "Atlas Selectus".

View has two figures dancing on mountain and witches flying on goats and brooms above the mountain.

According to popular legend Brocken Mountain is the meeting place of the Walpurgis Night or Witches' Sabbath, the "Brocken scene" in Goethe's Faust is set here, it is often referred to as Blocksberg.

View of Brocken Mountain from the Northeast looking Southwest.

Resource Link:

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clark1ic/x-003282759/39015091914179

Identifier:

G 6232 B74 1749 B56, 003282759, and 39015091914179

Language:

fre

Creator:

Homann Erben (Firm)

Provider:

University of Michigan

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Date Issued:

1749

Spatial Coverage:

Germany-- Saxony-Anhalt--The Brocken, Germany--Saxony-Anhalt, and Germany

Rights:

This map is in the public domain.

Rights Holder:

Please attribute access and use of this digitized map to the Stephen S. Clark Library, University of Michigan Library. https://www.lib.umich.edu/about-us/policies/copyright-policy

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG