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Description
Decorative early view of Blois, from Braun & Hogenberg's Civitatus Orbis Terrarum.
The view shows Blois from the southeast, from across the Loire River. The city is bounded by high walls and contains numerous churches, houses, and fortifications. Decorative imagery is included in the sky above the view. A key denotes 43 places of interest.
From the second volume of Braun & Hogenberg's "Civitas Orbis Terrarum. " Latin text to verso.COMMENTARY BY BRAUN (on verso): "Blois is a splendid and famous city in France, situated on the Loire, partly in the plain, partly on hills. Here are very many springs and wells, as a result of which many famous personalities who are ill come here on the advice of their doctors in order to recover their health. This has led to some royal and princely children being brought up here so that Blois is sometimes called a royal city. Outside the town, there is a very beautiful castle, the royal palace, from which one looks down into the broad pastures and river meadows."
This bird's-eye view shows the city of Blois from the southeast, from a viewpoint above Faubourg de Vienne overlooking the Loire. The château de Blois with its great central court (3) dates from the 13th century. The Renaissance Francis I wing is notable for its loggia façade and octagonal stair tower. Today the 17th century cathedral of Saint-Louis occupies what was previously the site of the church of Saint-Solenne. The former Benedictine abbey of Saint-Laumer was renamed the church of Saint-Nicolas. In the 16th century Blois was the residence of princes and kings, such as Louis XII and Francis I.
The 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', or the "Braun & Hogenberg", is a six-volume town atlas and the greatest book of town views and plans ever published: 363 engravings, sometimes beautifully colored. It was one of the best-selling works in the last quarter of the 16th century. Georg Braun wrote the text accompanying the plans and views on the verso.
Reference: Van der Krogt 4, 513; Taschen, Braun and Hogenberg, p.152.
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