Chronicle of the world : the complete and annotated Nuremberg chronicle of 1493
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Chronicle of the world : the complete and annotated Nuremberg chronicle of 1493
Taschen, c2001
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Liber chronicarum
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Text in German with introduction and appendix in English. - Translated from the Latin
"This reprint of the Nuremberg chronicle is based on the original edition held by the Stiftung Weimarer Klassik/Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek (Sign. Inc. 119)..."--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 668-669) and index
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In 1493 the most elaborately illustrated book then printed in Europe, the Liber Chronicarum or Weltchronik appeared in print. This major work, by the Nuremberg doctor Hartmann Schedel, generally known as the Nuremberg Chronicle was printed by the foremost printer of the day in Nuremberg, Anton Koberger. It is a history of the world from the Creation to his own day and is remarkable for its illustrations, its graphic design and for its woodcuts and description of cities. The woodcut illustrations include events from the Bible, pictures of human monstrosities, portraits of Kings, Queens, saints and martyrs, and allegorical pictures of miracles. The maps and views, are all by or after the celebrated artists Michael Wohlgemut or Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, and are amongst the earliest printed representations of towns and cities available to us today.
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