The Making of the Nuremberg Chronicle by Adrian Wilson

Some images represent actual cities, and other images are purely imaginative. These woodblocks include views of cities and towns, battles, kings, and saints. The woodcut illustrations were made in the workshop of Michael Wolgemut, with an unpredcedented number of 1,809 illustrations. Published and printed by Anton Koberger, the godfather of Albrecht Durer and the most successful German publisher of his day. This epic history divides human history into 7 ages. It is a well documented incunabulum, one of the first to successfully combine illustrations and text. Written in German by Hartmann Schedel it appeared in 1493. This work by Schedel is an illustrated world history which is based on the Bible, which follows the story of human history related in the Bible and includes the histories of a number of important Western cities. This print shows images of the Emporers Maximinus, Gordianus, Philippus,… There were also space division lines ruled in black and some of the endpaper sheets.

The woodcut illustrations were made in the workshop of Michael Wolgemut, with an unpredcedented number of 1,809 illustrations. NUREMBERG CHRONICLE Adrian Wilson In the fall of 972 two students who were assisting with cataloguing in the Nurem-berg City Library noticed the words Archa Noe written in red ink on the endpapers of a two-volume German Bible printed in I483 by Anton Koberger. This epic history divides human history into seven ages.

The Making of the Nuremberg Chronicle by Adrian Wilson