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Buch der Croniken vnd Geschichten mit Figuren vnd Pildnussen von Anbeginn der Welt bis auf dise vnnsere Zeit

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Buch der Croniken vnd Geschichten mit Figuren vnd Pildnussen von Anbeginn der Welt bis auf dise vnnsere Zeit

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Title extracted from woodcut title of register (leaf [1a]), which begins: Register des Buchs der Croniken ...
Illus. by Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff.
Translated by Georg Alt.
LC copy 2 bound with: Hain 14510.
Rosenwald 166
Goff S-309
Hain 14520
BM 15th cent., II, p. 437 (IC.7458)
Schramm, XVII, p. 6, 9, and illus.
Rosenwald 166
LC copy is variant of BM 15th cent.: in the last quire 2 conjugate leaves (with map) inserted after [I5]. Initials in register and on leaf [1a] supplied in colors. Contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over boards, clasps.
Vollbehr H14510

During the Medieval period, European maps were dominated by religious views. All maps were, of course, drawn and illuminated by hand, which made the distribution of maps extremely limited. Medieval geography divided the world into three schematic parts: Asia, Europe, and Africa. Asia was depicted on top as the birthplace of Christ and the original site of the Garden of Eden. A T-O map (orbis terrarum, orb or circle of the lands; with the letter T inside an O), also known as an Isidoran map, is a type of early world map that represents the physical world as first described by the 7th-century scholar Isidore of Seville in his De Natura Rerum and later his Etymologiae. In this map format, Jerusalem was depicted at the center and east was oriented toward the map top. The design had great religious significance, with the “T” representing the central Christian symbol of the cross and placing Jerusalem at the center of the world. The “T” also separated the continents of the known world—Asia, Europe, and Africa—and the “O” that enclosed the entire image, represented the medieval idea of the world surrounded by water.

This Collection mixes scans of Latin and German Register des Buchs der Croniken Illustrated by Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff. Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 23 De, 1493. Latin name: Liber cronicarum, cum figuris et ymaginibus ab inicio mundi. German name: Buch der Croniken vnd Geschichten mit Figuren vnd Pildnussen von Anbeginn der Welt bis auf dise vnnsere Zeit. Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 23 De, 1493.

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01/01/1493
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germany
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