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Nuremberg Chronicle; Liber chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle)

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Title Nuremberg Chronicle; Liber chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle)
Creator Schedel, Hartmann, 1440-1514; Wolgemut, Michael, 1434-1519; Pleydenwurff, Wilhelm, -1494
Room Number 2756
Description Quinta etas mundi (fifth age of the world). Architecture and floor plan for a castle or church. Author: Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514). Illustrators: Michael Wolgemut (German, 1434-1519) and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff (German, ca. 1460-1494). An illustration from the famous 15th century illustrated book which tells the history of the world, from the "creation" to 1493, with a final section on the "Last Days of the World". It was illustrated with more than 1,000 woodcuts designed by German artists Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff.
Collection Name Marriott Library Permanent Art Collection
About the Art The original illustrations were made from woodcuts.
Subject Art museums--Utah; University of Utah. Libraries--Art; Christianity and culture--Early works to 1800; Christianity in literature
Date 1493
Format application/pdf
Medium Print
Height Framed 19.75 inches
Width, Framed 14.75 inches
Height Unframed 14.25 inches
Width Unframed 9.50 inches
Library Number 106
Rights
Digitization Specifications JPEG2000 image for display, Archival tiff generated by Photoshop. Original image captured by Photoshop. Original image captured with Nikon D300s at 12.3 megapixels
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Type Image/StillImage
Identifier index.cpd
ARK ark:/87278/s63x87gz
Setname uum_mlpac
ID 235310
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63x87gz