Liber Chronicarum. Nuremberg Chronicle. Single Leaf. Folio CXXXV. [Hieronymus. Paula of Rome. Pelagius, the Heretic. Alexius. Chrysostom. Cassianus. Second Ecumenical Council. Radasaisus, King of Goths. Alaric. Ataulf].

Nuremberg:: Anton Koberger,, 1493.. First edition. Latin.. 17.25 x 12 inches.. Single leaf. Minor edgewear to inner margin, light dampstain to outer margin, no affect to print or illustrations. Recto shows Hieronymus, patron of theological learning, with other monks. Verso illustrates the SEcond Ecumenical Council hald at Constantinople, Radagasus, king of Goths, Alaric his successor, and Ataulf, realtive of Alaric. Suitable for framing. 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.