Prothro B-03

Title

Subject

Description

The "Nuremberg Chronicle," a history of the world from the Creation to the year 1493, was the most profusely illustrated book printed during the fifteenth century. It contains more than 900 different woodcuts by Michael Wohlgemut, Hans Pleydenwurff, and the 21-year-old Albrecht Dürer.

Creator

Schedel, Hartmann, 1440–1514, Wolgemut, Michael, 1434–1519, illus., Pleydenwurff, Wilhelm, –1494, joint illus., and Koberger, Anton, approximately 1440–1513 printer.

Source

Prothro B-03. HARTMANN SCHEDEL (1440–1514). Liber chronicarum. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, for Sebald Schreyer and Sebastian Kammermeister, 12 July 1493. From The Elizabeth Perkins Prothro Bible Collection.

Relation

Germany

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Latin

Type

Imperial folio

Collection

Invention and Discovery: Printed Books from Fifteenth-Century Europe

Citation

Schedel, Hartmann, 1440–1514, Wolgemut, Michael, 1434–1519, illus., Pleydenwurff, Wilhelm, –1494, joint illus., and Koberger, Anton, approximately 1440–1513 printer. , “Prothro B-03,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed November 8, 2025, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1324.