Chronicle of the World - 1493. Hartmann Schedel
Timetunnel to the 15th century. 1493's must-have history book and city guide by Hartmann Schedel
Hartmann Schedel's Weltchronik, or Chronicle of the World (better known today as the Nuremberg Chronicle, after the German city in which it was created), was a groundbreaking encyclopedic work and at the time the most lavishly illustrated book ever printed in Europe.
Both a historical reference work and a contemporary inventory of urban culture at the end of the 15th century, the Chronicle was to have a remarkable influence on the cultural, ecclesiastical and intellectual history of the Middle Ages. It was particularly notable for its vast quantity of woodcut illustrations (more than 1,800) depicting events from the Bible, human monstrosities, portraits of kings, queens, saints and martyrs, and allegorical pictures of miracles, as well as views of a great number of "modern" cities, many of which had never been documented before.
Today, copies of the Chronicle sell for up to 200,000 Euros; we've procured a rare hand-colored copy, true to the original in every respect, and created a complete facsimile of utmost quality. In case you don't read Old German, the comprehensive annex, with summaries of the book's main stories, provides a user-friendly way to explore this amazing historical masterpiece.
The author:
Stephan Füssel is Director of the Institute of the History of the Book at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, and holder of the Gutenberg Chair at the same university. He is President of the Willibald Pirckheimer Society for Renaissance and Humanist Studies, member of the board of the International Gutenberg Society and editor of the annual Gutenberg Jahrbuch and Pirckheimer Jahrbuch. He has published widely on early printing, on bookselling and publishing from the 18th to the 20th century, and on the future of communications.
- Reviews (30 items)
Da gibt es Taschenbücher, die werden geknickt so lange, bis sie irgendwann zerfleddert sind. Da gibt es aber auch Taschen Bücher, die man behandelt wie ein Kunstwerk. Das sind Bücher zum Schauen, zum Bewundern, zum Staunen, zum Entdecken - eben wie die "Schedelsche Weltchronik" von 1493, ein Band voller Wunder aus dem Kölner Taschen Verlag. [...]
Wenn Sie alle Bücher dieser Welt hätten, den Schedel aber nicht, welch armer Mensch wären Sie. Die Zeitreise in das 15. Jahrhundert fände ohne Sie statt.
Udo Schüttpelz, n-tv.de/2890796.html, Germany
Wenn Sie alle Bücher dieser Welt hätten, den Schedel aber nicht, welch armer Mensch wären Sie. Die Zeitreise in das 15. Jahrhundert fände ohne Sie statt.
Udo Schüttpelz, n-tv.de/2890796.html, Germany
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