COLLECTION NAME:
Pages from the Past
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wmich~4~4
Pages from the Past
Collection
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Identifier:
exws_pages_b01_item11
identifier
exws_pages_b01_item11
Identifier
false
Title:
Nuremberg Chronicle leaf
title
Nuremberg Chronicle leaf
Title
false
Creator:
Koberger, Anton, approximately 1440-1513
creator
Koberger, Anton, approximately 1440-1513
Creator
false
Date:
1493
date
1493
Date
false
Description:
From the "Nüremburg Chronicle". It was printed in Nüremburg by Anton Koberger in 1493. The "Nüremburg Chronicle" contained over 300 leaves and about 1,900 woodcuts. The type is a modified Gothic that was commonly used with the Nüremburg printers. This ambitious publishing feat is known as the Picture Book of the Fifteenth Century. The recto side of the leaf is marked CCXXII in the upper right hand corner; the verso side is unmarked.
description
From the "Nüremburg Chronicle". It was printed in Nüremburg by Anton Koberger in 1493. The "Nüremburg Chronicle" contained over 300 leaves and about 1,900 woodcuts. The type is a modified Gothic that was commonly used with the Nüremburg printers. This ambitious publishing feat is known as the Picture Book of the Fifteenth Century. The recto side of the leaf is marked CCXXII in the upper right hand corner; the verso side is unmarked.
Description
false
Dimensions:
11.7 x 16.8 in. (29.7 x 42.7 cm)
dimensions
11.7 x 16.8 in. (29.7 x 42.7 cm)
Dimensions
false
Subject:
Incunabula
subject
Incunabula
Subject
false
Subject:
Detached leaves
subject
Detached leaves
Subject
false
Location:
Nuremberg (Germany)
coverage
Nuremberg (Germany)
Location
false
Century:
Fifteenth century
century
Fifteenth century
Century
false
Language:
German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500)
language
German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500)
Language
false
Collection:
Pages from the Past
relation
Pages from the Past
Collection
false
Type:
Text
type
Text
Type
false
File Format:
image/jp2
format
image/jp2
File Format
false
Source:
Z4 .P33x. Pages from the past : original leaves from rare books and manuscripts. Western Michigan University Special Collections
source
Z4 .P33x. Pages from the past : original leaves from rare books and manuscripts. Western Michigan University Special Collections
Source
false
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
publisher
Western Michigan University
Publisher
false
Rights:
The digital version is available for education use under ‘Fair Use’ guidelines. For additional permission and further information contact the WMU Libraries: lib-dc@wmich.edu
rights
The digital version is available for education use under ‘Fair Use’ guidelines. For additional permission and further information contact the WMU Libraries: lib-dc@wmich.edu
Rights
false
Digital Date:
2018
digital_date
2018
Digital Date
false