Page depicting Constantinople with added hand-colouring
Woodcut from The Nuremberg Chronicle
The Nuremberg Chronicle is an illustrated encyclopedia consisting 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 after years in the making, 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 and one of the first to successfully integrate illustrations and text.
The large workshop of Michael Wolgemut, Nuremberg's leading artist in various media, provided 1,809 woodcut illustrations. Sebastian Kammermeister and Sebald Schreyer financed the printing in a contract dated March 16, 1492.
Illustrations depicted many never before illustrated major cities in Europe and the Near East.
Albrecht Dürer was an apprentice with Wolgemut from 1486 to 1489, so may well have participated in designing some of the illustrations.
Page depicting Constantinople with added hand-colouring
Woodcut from The Nuremberg Chronicle
The Nuremberg Chronicle is an illustrated encyclopedia consisting 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 after years in the making, 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 and one of the first to successfully integrate illustrations and text.
The large workshop of Michael Wolgemut, Nuremberg's leading artist in various media, provided 1,809 woodcut illustrations. Sebastian Kammermeister and Sebald Schreyer financed the printing in a contract dated March 16, 1492.
Illustrations depicted many never before illustrated major cities in Europe and the Near East.
Albrecht Dürer was an apprentice with Wolgemut from 1486 to 1489, so may well have participated in designing some of the illustrations.