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| Author | Hartmann Schedel |
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| Original title | Liber Chronicarum |
| Illustrator | Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff |
| Language | Latin; German |
| Subject | History of the world |
| Genre | Universal history[1] |
| Published | 1493, Anton Koberger |
| Pages | 336 |
The Nuremberg Chronicle is an illustrated encyclopediaconsisting of world historical accounts, as well as accounts told through biblical paraphrase. Subjects include human history in relation to the Bible, illustrated mythological creatures, and the histories of important Christian and secular cities from antiquity. Finished in 1493, it was originally written in Latin by Hartmann Schedel, and a German version was translated by Georg Alt. It is one of the best-documented early printed books—an incunabulum—and one of the first to successfully integrate illustrations and text. This is the Latin version published in 1493, titled “Pope Aeneas Silvio Piccolomini (Pius II) meets Frederick III for Coronation as Holy Roman Emperor in 1492. It’s a hand colored woodcut, page CCLXVII (267) printed on both sides, with hand embellished watercolors. I had it framed in an older frame, between to pieces of UV glass, so that it could be hung, to view either side. Both are very interesting. The frame measures 22 3/4 x 16”, the page measures 17” x 12”. There are stains and and old fold at the bottom and it was also trimmed slightly off, but believe it was printed on the page at an angle.