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Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493

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Alternate title:Liber Chronicarum or Die Schedelsche Weltchronik
Summary:Four separate leaves (see Folio 34, 35, and 36). "Quita etas mundi." Gothic type. Commissioned by Sebald Schreyer and Sebastian Kammermeister. Woodcuts by Michael Wolgemut, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff and Albrecht Dürer. Watermark: hooked and notched cane.
Creator:Schedel, Hartman
Contributor:Koberger, Anton
Century:1401-1500
Place of origin – Continent:Europe
Place of origin – Country:Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
Place of origin – Region:Nuremberg
Temporal subject: 1491-1500
Topical subjects:Incunabula--Germany--Nuremberg--15th century
Gothic type--Specimens
Watermarks--Specimens
Wood-engraving--Specimens
Wolgemut, Michael, 1434-1519
Pleydenwurff, Wilhelm, -1494
Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528
Incunabula--Specimens
Initials--Specimens
ArchivesUM location:Early Printing Collection
  • item Folio 33
Repository:Rare Books
Browse terms:Literature, Print Culture
Copyright holder:Public domain