Hartmann Schedel Collection

View of fortified city, 1493. A cog, a type of sailing vessel, can be seen in the foreground. A watergate gives access to the city at bottom right

woodcut showing Adam and Eve after their banishment from the Garden of Eden
5311183 woodcut showing Adam and Eve after their banishment from the Garden of Eden. Eve is shown suckling her child, while Adam is tilling the ground

An aurora seen during the 7th Century from the Nuremburg Chronicle
3740711 An aurora seen during the 7th Century from the Nuremburg Chronicle; (add.info.: Engraving depicting an aurora during the 7th Century from the from the Nuremburg Chronicle by Hartmann Schedel)

The fifth day of creation from the Nuremburg Chronicle
3740692 The fifth day of creation from the Nuremburg Chronicle; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the fifth day of creation - God creating the birds)

Woodcut showing a view of a fortified city, with a small sailing vessel drawing up to a jetty to discharge its cargo
5311175 Woodcut showing a view of a fortified city, with a small sailing vessel drawing up to a jetty to discharge its cargo

The sixth day of creation from the Nuremburg Chronicle
3732381 The sixth day of creation from the Nuremburg Chronicle; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the sixth day of creation - God creating Adam- from the Nuremburg Chronicle by Hartmann Schedel)

A fire seen in the night sky over Italy during the 6th Century from the Nuremburg Chronicle
3740713 A fire seen in the night sky over Italy during the 6th Century from the Nuremburg Chronicle; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a fire seen in the night sky over Italy during the 6th Century)

The creation of Adam and Eve from the Nuremburg Chronicle
3740696 The creation of Adam and Eve from the Nuremburg Chronicle; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the creation of Adam and Eve from the Nuremburg Chronicle by Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514)

Genealogia divi heinrici imperatoris. The family tree of Emperor Henry II... ca 1493
Genealogia divi heinrici imperatoris. The family tree of Emperor Henry II (from the Schedel's Chronicle of the World), ca 1493. Private Collection

De opere serte diei (from the Schedel's Chronicle of the World), ca 1493. Creator: Wolgemut, Michael (1434-1519)
De opere serte diei (from the Schedel's Chronicle of the World), ca 1493. Private Collection

De sanctificatione septime diei (from the Schedel's Chronicle of the World), ca 1493. Private Collection

Genealogia divi heinrici imperatoris. The family tree of Emperor Henry II... ca 1493
Genealogia divi heinrici imperatoris. The family tree of Emperor Henry II (from the Schedel's Chronicle of the World), ca 1493. Private Collection

De opere serte diei (from the Schedel's Chronicle of the World), ca 1493. Creator: Wolgemut, Michael (1434-1519)
De opere serte diei (from the Schedel's Chronicle of the World), ca 1493. Private Collection

De sanctificatione septime diei (from the Schedel's Chronicle of the World), ca 1493. Private Collection

Bishops, Prophets, and Kings from Schedel Weltchronik (Schedel's World History)... 1929
Bishops, Prophets, and Kings from Schedel Weltchronik (Schedel's World History), Plate 10 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century, 1496, portfolio assembled 1929

Babylon from Schedel Weltchronik (Schedel's World History), Plate 9 from Woodcuts... 1929
Babylon from Schedel Weltchronik (Schedel's World History), Plate 9 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century, 1496, portfolio assembled 1929

Geneva from Schedel Weltchronik (Schedel's World History), Plate 22 from Woodcuts... 1929
Geneva from Schedel Weltchronik (Schedel's World History), Plate 22 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century, 1493, portfolio assembled 1929

Conversion of St Paul on the road to Damascus, 1493. Saul of Tarsus (1st century) who took the name Paul after seeing a vision of Christ on the road to Damascus

Nuremberg, 1493. Creators: Michael Wolgemut, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff
Nuremberg, 1493. View of the city of Nuremberg in Germany, from (Liber chronicarum) Registrum huius operis libri cronicarum cum figuris et ymagibus ab inicio mundi

Nineve, from Liber Chronicarum by Hartmann Schedel, 1493 (woodcut)
810298 Nineve, from Liber Chronicarum by Hartmann Schedel, 1493 (woodcut) by German School, (15th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514), German physician, humanist

Ultima etas Mundi (The Last Judgement) from Liber Chronicarum
810292 Ultima etas Mundi (The Last Judgement) from Liber Chronicarum by Hartmann Schedel, 1493 (woodcut) by German School

Maria Magdelena from Liber Chronicarum by Hartmann Schedel, 1493 (woodcut)
810301 Maria Magdelena from Liber Chronicarum by Hartmann Schedel, 1493 (woodcut) by German School, (15th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Templum Salomonie (from the Schedels Chronicle of the World), ca 1493. Creator: Wolgemut
Templum Salomonie (from the Schedels Chronicle of the World), ca 1493. Private Collection

Meeting between Pope Pius II and Frederick III, Emperor of Germany, ca 1493. Creator: Wolgemut
Meeting between Pope Pius II and Frederick III, Emperor of Germany (from the Schedels Chronicle of the World), ca 1493. Private Collection

Jerusalem (from the Schedels Chronicle of the World), ca 1493. Creator: Wolgemut
Jerusalem (from the Schedels Chronicle of the World), ca 1493. Private Collection

(from the Schedels Chronicle of the World). Found in the Collection of Kasteel Huis Bergh

Cosmos (from the Schedels Chronicle of the World), 1493. Artist: Anonymous
Cosmos (from the Schedels Chronicle of the World), 1493. Found in the collection of Library of the Ruprecht Karl University, Heidelberg

Dance of Death (from the Schedels Chronicle of the World). Artist: Wolgemut, Michael (1434-1519)
Dance of Death (from the Schedels Chronicle of the World). Found in the collection of Universalmuseum Joanneum

St Francis of Assisi, Italian priest and founder of the Franciscan order, 1493. St Francis (1182-1226) holding up his hands to show stigmata

The Building of the Ark Superintended by Noah, (1493), 1903
The Building of the Ark Superintended by Noah, 1493. After an original illustration from Hartmann Schedels (1440 -1514), Nuremberg Chronicle. Also known as the Liber Chronicarum

The City of Treviso with a Carrack, 1493. The Nuremberg Chronicle is an illustrated biblical paraphrase and world history that follows the story of human history related in the Bible; it includes

Page from the book The Nuremberg Chronicle, by Hartmann Schedel, 1493. Artist: Michael Wolgemut
Page from the book The Nuremberg Chronicle, by Hartmann Schedel, 1493. Also known as Schedels World History, the book is an illustrated history of the world, first published in 1493

Isaac Judaeus, physician to the rulers of Tunisia, 9th-10th century (1493). Isaac Judaeus (c855-c955) was one of the first whose works were translated from Arabic to Latin

God creating Eve from Adams rib, 1493. Having created the universe, the Earth and all living creatures, including man, God put Adam into a deep sleep and created Eve from Adams rib

Gentile da Foligno, 14th century Italian physician, examining a sample of urine, 1493
Gentile da Foligno, 14th century Italian physician, examining a sample of urine, [1493]. Gentile (d1348) wrote a great many commentaries on earlier medical authorities, as well as original works

Death triumphant, 1493. From Liber chronicarum mundi (Nuremberg Chronicle), by Hartmann Schedel. The depiction of the skeletons is anatomically inaccurate, especially the bones of the pelvis

Aristides the Just (c530-c468 BC), Ancient Greek (Athenian) soldier and statesman, 1493. Aristides was a strategos (general) in the wars between the Greeks and Persians

Aristarchos of Samos (fl260 BC), Alexandrian astronomer, 1493. Aristarchos was the first recorded astronomer to maintain that the Earth orbits the Sun (heliocentric universe)

Antonius de Monte Ulmi (fl1384-1390), Italian physician, necromancer, magician and astrologer, 1493. Antonius was physician to Francesco the Younger (1393-1406), despot of Carrara

Joseph interpreting Pharaohs dream, 1493. One of 12 Hebrew Patriarchs, Joseph interpreted the dream as meaning there would be seven fat years and seven lean years

The Reign of Antichrist, 1493. Artist: Michel Volgemuth
The Reign of Antichrist, 1493. From Liber chronicarum mundi (Nuremberg Chronicle) by Hartmann Schedel. (Nuremberg, 1493)

Avicenna (Ibn Sina) (980-1037), Arab physician and philosopher, 1493. An interpreter of Aristotle to Islam, Avicenna compiled an encyclopaedia of medical knowledge

Averroes (Ibn Rushd) (1126-1198), eminent medieval Islamic philosopher, 1493. Averroes (full name Abu Al-Walid Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Rushd) was a native of Cordoba, Spain

Avenzoar (Ibn Zuhr) (c1072-1162), Arab physician, 1493. A native of Seville, Avenzoar was a noted clinician. From Liber chronicarum mundi (Nuremberg Chronicle) by Hartmann Schedel. (Nuremberg, 1493)

St Augustine of Hippo (350-430), 1493
St Augustine of Hippo of Hippo (350-430), 1493. St Augustine of Hippo is regarded as one of the great fathers of the early Christian church

Comet of 684 (Halley), 1493. The English astronomer, Edmond Halley (1656-1742) was the first to suggest that appearances of bright comets every 76 years were in fact sightings of the same comet

Adam and Eve, 1493. Adam and Eve, tempted by the Serpent, eat from the Tree of Knowledge and are expelled from the Garden of Eden by the Angel of the Lord

Cimmerian Sibyl, 1493. Sibyls were ancient prophetesses of the coming of Christ. From Hartmann Schedel, Liber Chronicarum Mundi (Nuremberg Chronicle). (Nuremberg 1493)

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Hartmann Schedel, a prominent figure in the world of art and literature during the 15th century, left an indelible mark with his masterpiece "Liber Chronicarum" or "The Nuremberg Chronicle. " This monumental work, published in 1493, showcased a wide array of captivating woodcut illustrations that depicted various aspects of history and culture. One such illustration is the mesmerizing view of a fortified city. With meticulous attention to detail, Schedel's collaborators Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff brought this scene to life. The towering walls and majestic architecture transport us back to medieval times when cities were bastions of power and protection. In another woodcut from "Liber Chronicarum, " we are transported to Nineve, an ancient city steeped in myth and legend. Schedel's intricate depiction allows us to envision its grandeur as it stood centuries ago. "The Last Judgment" is yet another awe-inspiring creation found within Schedel's chronicle. This vivid portrayal captures the intensity and gravity associated with this biblical event. It serves as a reminder of humanity's mortality while also offering hope for redemption. Schedel also delved into religious themes through his woodcuts like "Maria Magdalena. " This evocative piece showcases her devotion amidst serene surroundings, inviting contemplation on faith and spirituality. However, not all depictions were uplifting; some shed light on darker chapters in history. One such example is the chilling image depicting the burning of Jews at Deggendorf in 1338. Through this haunting artwork, Schedel forces us to confront mankind's capacity for cruelty while urging us towards tolerance and understanding. On a more positive note, Templum Salomonie presents an enchanting glimpse into Solomon’s Temple—an architectural marvel that has captivated imaginations throughout history.