Praga, Bohemiae Metropolis ACCV. Ratissime Expressa

Artist Georg Braun (1541 Cologne, Germany - 1622 Cologne, Germany)

Date1572

Mediumhand colored copper engraving on paper

Dimensions17 1/4 × 20 1/2 in. (43.8 × 52.1 cm)

ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of the Albuquerque Museum Foundation from the Lucia v.B. Batten Estate

Object numberPC2020.51.51

DescriptionThese are two panoramic illustrations, of Prague and Cheb, on a single page. This is part of the Civitates Orbis Terrarum, a series of published town atlases. The upper illustration is of Prague and shows the city center on top of a hill, located mostly on the left side. Around the center and down the hill to the right are clusters of smaller buildings. At the center top, inside a frame bordered in red on three sides, it says, "PRAGA, BOHEMIAE/METROPOLIS ACCV/RATISSIME EXPRESSA." On either side of the frame, printed over the sky above the city, is the word "PRA[title frame]GA." The lower half of the page shows the city of Egra, today known as Cheb (or Eger, in German). In the center is a church or other building with two tall spires. There is a bridge to the left of this building that goes over a river surrounding two sides of the city. In the sky above the city it says, "EGRA." In the lower left corner, there is a frame bordered in red on two sides, and in it it says, "EGRA vrbs a fluuio cui/adiacet, dicta olim imperio Ro/mano, hodie vero Bohemiae/regno fubiecta: Ptolemaeo Mo:/nosgada vocatur Jaa.."

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