111 - Hartmann Schedel (1440 Nürnberg - 1514 ebenda)

Hartmann Schedel (1440 Nürnberg - 1514 ebenda) Four leaves from the Nuremberg Chronicle, German edition, Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 1493, letterpress and woodcuts on laid paper, printed on both sides, fols. V, CVII, CVIII and CIX, each approx. 42 x 29.5 cm sheet dimensions, varying states of preservation, browned, partially stained, with creases, marginal defects and tears, particularly along the lower edges, partly backed, partly mounted under passe-partout. Fol. V: recto ''Vom Werck des sechsten Tags'', large circular depiction of God creating the animals; verso ''Von Beheyligung des sibenden Tags'', cosmological depiction of the celestial and elemental spheres with the seven planets, the celestial hierarchy and the four winds. Fol. CVII: recto the Evangelist and Apostle Matthew with his symbol, the winged man, below depictions of the martyrs Processus and Martinianus and text passages on Thaddeus and Dioscorides; verso depictions and texts relating to the Apostles Simon and Matthias, Saint Petronella and Lazarus. Fol. CVIII: recto the Evangelist Luke with his symbol, the ox, and a large depiction of Mary Magdalene with ointment jar; verso depictions and texts relating to Pope Clement and the early popes Anacletus and Evaristus, with a large woodcut of the martyrdom of the Apostle John in boiling oil. Fol. CIX: recto chronological depiction of the Roman emperors Titus, Domitian, Nerva and Trajan in the Linea Imperatorum; verso depictions of Saint Dionysius and the Evangelist John on Patmos with his symbol, the eagle. The woodcuts of the Nuremberg Chronicle were produced in the workshop of Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff.