The View of Jerusalem in detail

In the four spaces besides the two doors, the "Sacred factories", which are the most significant buildings in Israel's history, are represented.These latter were a major subject to study and search for the monks, namely because of their symbolic and historical relevance. The View of Jerusalem's representation is literally copied from Book VII of the Apparati inclueded in Montano's Bible, which was a very up-to-date source for the frescoes' themes (the frescoes were painted no later than two years after the publication of Montano's Bible), and its pictures, reproduced in the Library, aimed at joining the didactic aspect (the visual representation helped the monks studying the Scriptures to better understand some very complex and obscure biblical texts) and the symbolic aspect (the presence in the Library's privileged space of those basical expressions of God's wisdom, which are revealed to men through their holy structures). In the sight of Jerusalem, on the left of the southern door, the most important places of the Holy City appear to be roughly described (considering the several inaccuracies occurring in this fresco). Judas' msuicide and the Calvary with the three crosses are to be found in the low-lying part of the map.