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Bifolium from circa 1493 "Nuremberg Chronicle" with Large Map of Constantiople
Item Details
| Title and Author/Editor | [ Liber Chronicarum (Hartmann Schedel) popularly known as the Nuremberg Chronicle ] |
| Genre | Religion, History |
| Illustrator | Michael Wolgemut; Wilhelm Pleydenwurff |
| Type of Illustration | Woodcut |
| Binding | Bifolium |
| Publisher or Printer | [ Anton Koberger ] |
| Publication Year | Undated, circa 1493 |
| Place of Publication | [ Nuremberg ] |
| Language | Latin |
| Additional Information | Incunable bifolium features a large map of Constantinople which spans the two leaves; recto of folium CXXIX features portraits of Constantine the Great and his line; verso of leaf CXXX has woodcuts of Saint Helen (Helena, mother of Constantine the Great), “Arius the heretic” (Arianism), and a depiction of the First Council of Nicea |
Condition
- tape, edge wear, foxing, and toning to sheet.
Dimensions
11.75" W x 16.25" H x 0.125" D
- measures closed spread.
Item #
ITMG250398
