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1640 Print of the Town of Sion, Switzerland

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    Posted 5 years ago

    ho2cultcha
    (5051 items)

    I found this old print today of a very historical town in Switzerland and it opened up a whole world of information about Medieval Europe. I've spent the whole evening reading about it. i even found a digital copy online here: <a title="Matthäus Merian
    [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Merian_Sitten.jpg"><img width="512" alt="Merian Sitten" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Merian_Sitten.jpg/512px-Merian_Sitten.jpg"></a>

    If you look closely, you can see that mine is made up of two seperate pages glued together right down the middle. I found the same on the online image, so i believe mine is an actual 1640 or 1642 print. it was in a really nasty frame, but i found a decent 19th c oak frame i'm going to put it in tomorrow.

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    1. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 5 years ago
      From Wikipedia: Sion in 1640, from Topographia Helvetiae, Rhaetiae et Valesiae, 1642.
    2. Mrstyndall Mrstyndall, 5 years ago
      Cool find! Merry Christmas to you!
    3. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 5 years ago
      thank you Mrstyndall! save for you and yours!
    4. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 5 years ago
      i meant to say 'same for you and yours!'
    5. Trey Trey, 5 years ago
      AWESOME find:) Merry Christmas :)

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