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Registrum huius Operis libri cronicarum cum figuris et ymagibus ab inicio mundi

July 12, 1493
Not on view
Compiled by the physician, humanist, and cartographer Hartmann Schedel, this book describes in text and images the world from its creation until Schedel’s own late medieval time. The Liber Chronicarum, more commonly known as the Nuremberg Chronicle, was the most profusely illustrated book of the 15th century. Two Nuremberg artists, Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, collaborated on the publication with Schedel. The most influential images in the book were the 53 views of cities and countries in Europe and around the Mediterranean. Drawings of the actual sites were used whenever possible, but in many instances the artists invented views that were reused to represent various different cities.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Registrum huius Operis libri cronicarum cum figuris et ymagibus ab inicio mundi
  • Author: Hartmann Schedel (German, Nuremberg 1440–1514 Nuremberg)
  • Artist: Michael Wolgemut (German, Nuremberg 1434–1519 Nuremberg)
  • Artist: Wilhelm Pleydenwurff (German, Nuremberg ca. 1460–1494 Nuremberg)
  • Publisher: Anton Koberger (German, Nuremberg ca. 1445–1513 Nuremberg)
  • Published in: Nuremberg
  • Date: July 12, 1493
  • Medium: Woodcut
  • Dimensions: Closed: 18 11/16 × 14 × 3 7/16 in. (47.5 × 35.5 × 8.7 cm)
    Open on cradle: 6 3/4 × 26 1/4 × 18 15/16 in. (17.1 × 66.7 × 48.1 cm)
    Sheet (Page size): 18 1/8 × 12 3/8 in. (46 × 31.4 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1906, transferred from the Library
  • Object Number: 21.36.145
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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