Nuremberg Chronicle

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:illustrator
incunabulum
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:Liber_Chronicarum
gptkb:Schedelsche_Weltchronik
gptkbp:author gptkb:Hartmann_Schedel
gptkbp:commissionedBy gptkb:Sebald_Schreyer
gptkb:Sebastian_Kammermeister
gptkbp:copiesSurvive over 1200 Latin copies
over 400 German copies
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Holy_Roman_Empire
gptkbp:countryOfPublication gptkb:Nuremberg
gptkbp:genre history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Nuremberg Chronicle
gptkbp:illustrator gptkb:Michael_Wolgemut
gptkb:Wilhelm_Pleydenwurff
over 1800
gptkbp:influencedBy medieval world view
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:notableFor world history
city views
woodcut illustrations
collaboration of scholars, artists, and printers
detailed colophon
early example of book marketing and distribution
early printed book
inclusion of contemporary events up to 1493
influence on later world chronicles
portraits of biblical and historical figures
reuse of woodcuts for different cities and people
depictions of cities such as Nuremberg, Rome, Venice, Paris, and Jerusalem
gptkbp:printTechnology gptkb:Anton_Koberger
gptkbp:publicationDate 1493
gptkbp:significance important source for 15th-century history and art
one of the best-documented early printed books
gptkbp:structure divided into seven ages of the world
gptkbp:subject gptkb:surname
geography
mythology
natural history
medieval history
biblical history
classical history
city descriptions
world chronology
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Imperial_Crown_of_the_Holy_Roman_Empire
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5