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The Nuremberg Chronicle
Das Buch der Croniken und Geschichten [The Book of Chronicles and Histories]
The Nuremberg Chronicle
Author: Hartmann Schedel (German, 1440–1514)
Illustrated by: Michel Wolgemut (German, 1434–1519)
Illustrated by: Wilhelm Pleydenwurff (German, died in 1494)
Printer: Anton Koberger (German, about 1440–1513)
Illustrated by: Michel Wolgemut (German, 1434–1519)
Illustrated by: Wilhelm Pleydenwurff (German, died in 1494)
Printer: Anton Koberger (German, about 1440–1513)
1493
Place of Publication: Nuremberg, Germany
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 1809 woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 47.5 x 34 x 8.5 cm (18 11/16 x 13 3/8 x 3 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB4598
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 23 December 1493
Catalogue Raisonné
Goff S-309; Schreiber, Manuel, 5205; BMC II 437; Dodgson German and Flemish, I, 246-48
Description(Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 23 December 1493) Folio; 297 leaves [15 leaves and map removed and placed with prints]; blind-stamped pigskin binding, brass clasps; olive cloth box.
Selected illustrations: Witch and Demon on Horseback
fol. 1v: God the Father
fol. 11r: Noah's Ark
fol. 12r: monsters
fol. 99v-100r: View of Nuremberg
261r: Dance of Death
262r: Last Judgement
Selected illustrations: Witch and Demon on Horseback
fol. 1v: God the Father
fol. 11r: Noah's Ark
fol. 12r: monsters
fol. 99v-100r: View of Nuremberg
261r: Dance of Death
262r: Last Judgement
ProvenanceEarly ownership inscription dated 1578; Robert Scholtz, from whose sale purchased by MFA, May 1911.