Hartmann Schedel: Nuremberg Chronicle

by Stephan Füssel

MUST-HAVE HISTORY BOOK OF THE ENTIRE WORLD ... FROM 1493 Hartmann Schedel's Chronicle of the World, widely known 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 Both a historical reference work and a contemporary survey of urban culture at the end of the 15th century, the Chronicle had a remarkable influence on the cultural, ecclesiastical and intellectual history of the Middle Ages. In over 1,800 superb woodcut illustrations the Chronicle depicted 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 before been documented. Today, copies of the Chronicle sell for up to $400,000. TASCHEN was granted rare access to an extraordinary hand-colored copy, and has created a complete facsimile of outstanding quality, true to the original in every respect. 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. **Hardcover covered in padded and embossed velvet.

Genres: History, Art, Reference

688 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2001

Reviews

[Celeste · Rating 5 out of 5]

Since I can't read German, I didn't read the actual Chronicle, but this facsimile has an excellent introduction and appendix that explain everything. Beautiful book.

[Irene Lázaro · Rating 5 out of 5]

Evidentemente no me he leído las más de 600 páginas en alemán antiguo con caligrafía medieval, pero sí el libro de acompañamiento que es una buena contextualización del códice. Lo que es impresionante es el facsímil y las xilografías del siglo XV. Lo más increíble es que sólo me costase 19 €