Medieval maps

Lucas Cranach the Elder's map of the Holy Land in Christopher Proschauer's edition of the Old Testament (Zurich, 1525) in The Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge. Credit: The Master and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge

A 500-year-old inverted Bible map with the borders of the tribes of Israel shaped the perception of borders and states to this day.

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New research from the University of Cambridge shows how the first map of the Holy Land in a printed Bible from 1525 – which was accidentally printed upside down – contributed to shaping the idea of ​​territorial borders, reinforcing the concept of the nation-state.
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