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

Hartmann Schedel|Anton Koberger|Michael Wolgemut|Wilhelm Pleydenwurff

July 12, 1493 · Woodcut · Drawings and Prints

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.

Artist

Hartmann Schedel|Anton Koberger|Michael Wolgemut|Wilhelm Pleydenwurff

Date

July 12, 1493

Medium

Woodcut

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1906, transferred from the Library