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Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493

1493-07-12 ‧ 45 x 32 cm ‧ color ‧ Jump to full details ‧ Request from Special Collections

Alternate title:Liber Chronicarum or Die Schedelsche Weltchronik
Summary:Four separate leaves (see Folio 33, 35, and 36). "Sexta etas mundi." Gothic type. Commissioned by Sebald Schreyer and Sebastian Kammermeister. Woodcuts by Michael Wolgemut, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff and Albrecht Dürer. No watermark.
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
Wood-engraving--Specimens
Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528
Pleydenwurff, Wilhelm, -1494
Wolgemut, Michael, 1434-1519
Incunabula--Specimens
Initials--Specimens
ArchivesUM location:Early Printing Collection
  • item Folio 34
Repository:Rare Books
Browse terms:Literature, Print Culture
Copyright holder:Public domain
Collection:Digital Collections