Liber Chronicarum. Nuremberg Chronicle. Single Leaf. CXLIX. Recto portraits of Mauricius and Phocas and The Council at St. Peters in Rome. Verso shows A Jew Stabbing a Crucifix its blood spraying the Jew for Christians to follow, portrait of Augustine & Miletus, the seamless garment of Christ made by Virgin Mary, and portrait of Hermenigild of Visigoths. by Schedel, Hartmann - 1493.

Nuremberg:: Anton Koberger:, 1493.. First edition.. Single leaf. 12 x 17.5 inches.. Original single leaf. Clean and crisp with large margins, very minor edge wear to inner margin, no affect. Recto portraits of Mauricius and Phocas and The Council at St. Peters in Rome. Verso shows A Jew Stabbing a Crucifix its blood spraying the Jew for Christians to follow, portrait of Augustine & Miletus, the seamless garment of Christ made by Virgin Mary, and portrait of Hermenigild of Visigoths. Text content is of Mauric, Phocas, Pope Gregory, Boniface II, tale of the jew stabbing crucifix, the seamless garment of Christ, Hermenigild of Visigoths. At bottom two columns with persons listed. 12 x 17.5 inches in size. The Nuremberg Chronicle is the most extensively illustrated book, and one of the most important, of the 15th century. The text is a universal history of the Christian world from the beginning of time to the 1490Õs. Written in Latin by physician and humanist, Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514) on commission from Nuremberg merchants Sebald Schreye (1446-1520) and Sebastian Kammermeister (1446-1503). The Chronicle was printed by Nuremberg printer Anton Koberger (c.1440-1513), owner of the largest 15th-century German printing house. The Latin edition was printed in KobergerÕs shop between May 1492 and October 1493. In the meantime, a German translation was commissioned to George Alt (c.1450-1510), a scribe at the Nuremberg treasury, and the German edition was printed alongside the Latin one between January and December 1493. The Chronicle was illustrated by German artists Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, with the assistance of studio apprentices, including a young Albrecht Durer.