In 1564 Abraham Ortelius published a map ofthe world on a heart-shaped projection. KEYWORDS: Low Countries, sixteenth century, Peter Apian, Oronce Fine, Justus Lipsius, Gerard Mercator,Francisais Monachus, Abraham Ortelius, Guillaume Postel, Michael Servetus, Joachim Vadianus, JohannesWerner, Theatrum orbis terrarum, cordiform projection, world map, Fool's Head map, Turkish map, Family ofLove, hermeticism, Jesuit symbolism, heart symbolism. As Guillaume Postel's evaluation of Ortelius's workdemonstrates, the atlas was considered a talismanic book based on the power of the images. It is argued that Ortelius's contemporaries in the radical religious circles of northern Europe would haveperceived the Theatrum orbis terrarum in such a light. The focus in this paper is on Ortelius, for recent studies have suggestedconnections between Ortelius, Christopher Plantin and a clandestine religious sect in Antwerp, called theFamily of Love (Family of Charity), whose emblem was the heart, source of divine illumination and of FreeWill.
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