![]() ![]() ![]() "From the outset, however, a German-language version had been planned. A facsimile of the author, Hartmann Schedel's copy, is available from the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek at this link. The images included a full-sheet map of Europe, a Ptolemaean world map, large and small city views, biblical and historical scenes, and portraits. Certain woodcuts were reproduced more than once, sometimes for the depiction of different people or cities. Jprinter Anton Koberger of Nuremberg completed the printing and issued the Liber chronicarum written by physician Hartmann Schedel. A large-folio compendium of history, geography and natural wonders, the Liber chronicarum contained 298 printed leaves, including 1,809 illustrations from 645 woodcuts by or after painter and woodengraver Michael Wohlgemut (Wohlgemuth), his stepson Wilhelm Plydenwurff, and possibly some by Koberger's godson, the young Albrecht Dürer, who was apprenticed to Wohlgemut until 1490. ![]()
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