Codice albumGBB-F-000946

Codice inventarioGBB-F-000946-0000

1493, GERMANY: The ancient roman woman SAINT LUCY (SANTA LUCIA Martire)(283 304 A.C.). Fantasy portrait illustration from the Cap. CXXV of book"Nuremberg Chronicle", an illustrated world history that follows the story of human history related in the Bible; it includes the histories of a number of important Western cities. Written in Latin by Hartmann Schedel, with a version in German translation by Georg Alt, it appeared in 1493. It is one of the best-documented early printed books - an incunabulum (printed, not hand-written) - and one of the first to successfully integrate illustrations and text. Latin scholars refer to it as Liber Chronicarum (Book of Chronicles) as this phrase appears in the index introduction of the Latin edition. English speakers have long referred to it as the Nuremberg Chronicle after the city in which it was published. German speakers refer to it as Die Schedelsche Weltchronik (Schedel's World History) in honour of its author. The illustrations in many copies were hand-coloured after printing

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