Name: Antique Print-NUREMBERG-CHRONICLE-MARTYRDOM-APOSTLES-Wolgemut-Pleydenwurff-1493
SKU: PCO-4885
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Antique Print-NUREMBERG-CHRONICLE-MARTYRDOM-APOSTLES-Wolgemut-Pleydenwurff-1493

€395.00

‘BERTA ETAS MUDI / BERTA ETAS MUNDI FOLLII CIII’

– Folio from the Liber Chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle) depicting the martyrdoms of early Christian apostles: beheading of James the Less, crucifixion of Peter upside-down, and the decapitation of Paul. Also includes the evangelist Mark with his lion symbol, and a phoenix. Richly detailed woodcut illustrations on both sides.

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SKU: PCO-4885 Category: Religious Tag: Religious

Description

Medium: Woodcut and letterpress on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: Gothic P.

Sheet size: 32 x 46 cm (12.6 x 18.11 inch). Image size: 32 x 46 cm. (12.6 x 18.11 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. . General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

NUREMBERG CHRONICLE, MARTYRDOM, APOSTLES, ST. PETER CRUCIFIXION, ST. PAUL BEHEADING, EARLY CHRISTIANITY, WOLGEMUT, SCHEDEL, INCUNABULA, KOBERGER | PCO-B2-33

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From ‘Liber Chronicarum’ (Nuremberg Chronicle) = Schedelsche Weltchronik, by Hartmann Schedel, printed by Anton Koberger in Nuremberg, 1493.

Reference: ISTC is00307000; GW M40796.

Biography engraver: Michael Wolgemut (1434-1519) and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff (c.1450-1494) were German artists and printmakers. Wolgemut, Albrecht Durer’s teacher, collaborated with Pleydenwurff in producing woodcut illustrations for the Nuremberg Chronicle.

Biography artist: Author: Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514) was a German historian, physician, humanist, and one of the first cartographers to use the printing press.