Description: The Monastery of Saint John in the Wilderness is a Catholic monastery built next to a spring on a wooded slope just north of Even Sapir. It is located a short distance from Ein Karem, the traditional birthplace of Saint John the Baptist, and south of Jerusalem, Israel. Monastery of St. John in the Wilderness is a Franciscan monastery built next to a spring on a wooded slope just north of Even Sapir and south of Jerusalem, Israel.In the Mamluk period the church was in hands of Georgians.Franciscans paid the Georgians rent for the building and adjacent garden.The Georgians made a final attempt to regain the monastery by legal means in 1596.The monastery celebrates the childhood wanderings of John the Baptist in this region. Born close by in Ein Karem according to tradition. About the Engraver: Gaspar Bouttats the Elder or Gaspard Bouttats the Elder was a Flemish printmaker and engraver of the Baroque period.He often worked after designs by the marine and topographical artist Jan Peeters I. He etched the plates for a folio volume of city views of Jerusalem and the surrounding areas entitled 'Views of Jerusalem, and the surrounding Country;' after the designs Jan Peeters.This engraving is extracted from that book. Size: 28 x 16 cm. Image size: 25.5 x 10.5 cm
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Location: jerusalem, default
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Cartographer/Publisher: Gaspar Bouttats
Printing Technique: Copper Plate
Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
Format: Atlas Map
Type: Topographical Map
Year: 1680
City: Jerusalem
Date Range: 1600-1699
Country/Region: Palestine
Topic: Holy Land
