COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1107069
Reference Number:
R1786
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Bamberg
Parent Work Title:
Liber chronicarum
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Nuremberg Chronicle
Creator:
Koberger, Anton, approximately 1440-1513
Creator Role:
Printer
Creator:
Pleydenwurff, Wilhelm, -1494
Creator Role:
Illustrator
Creator:
Schedel, Hartmann, 1440-1514
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Wolgemut, Michael, 1434-1519
Creator Role:
Illustrator
Date Created:
1493
Publication Details:
Nuremberg : Anton Koberger, for Sebald Schreyer and Sebastian Kammermeister
Page/Sheet:
174v-175r
Image Sequence Number:
174v
Description:
Double page opening from the 'Sixth Age of the World' of the 'Liber chronicarum'. Woodcut illustrating the medieval city of Bamberg. On the left of the illustration is Altenberg Castle, the principal residence of the Bishops during the Middle Ages.
Language Code:
lat-DE
Subject:
World history
Subject:
Germany--History
Subject:
Printing--History
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Incunabula
Sub-Category:
Illustrated works
Technique Used:
Woodcut (process)
Creation Site:
Germany: Bavaria: Nuremberg
Places Covered:
Germany: Bavaria: Bamberg
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2010-12-01
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2011-02
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Bamberg
