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Babilonia Seu Babilon, View of Babylon, Liber Chronicarum, print, album page, book illustration, A view of the city of Babylon with Queen Semiramis on a column., printmaker: workshop of Michel Wolgemut, Nuremberg, printmaker: workshop of Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, 1493, Bavaria, paper, letterpress printing, woodcut, pastes, woodcut pasted onto album page, verso with text in letterpress, height 140 mm x width 222 mm, The woodcut is used as a book illustration in the Liber Chronicarum (or Nuremberg Chronicle) by Hartmann Schedel, published in Latin and German in 1493. See the Latin edition, folio 24v., city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions, Babylon, A detailed black-and-white woodcut view of a walled city with towers, domed and pitched roofs, and clustered buildings filling the scene; a tall twisted column topped by a crowned figure holding a sword rises above the rooftops; rounded and square towers project from the defensive walls and battlements; a domed structure with decorative circular windows and an adjacent multi-story building with arched openings are visible; narrow streets and alleys pass between tightly packed houses with timbered facades and steep gabled roofs; a river or moat runs along the outer wall beside a curved fortified bastion with a parapet and walkway; beyond the city walls, rolling hills, stylized trees with rounded foliage, and rocky outcrops stretch toward the horizon, while a distant castle complex with towers sits atop a hill.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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Babilonia Seu Babilon View Babylon Liber Chronicarum print album page book illustration view city Queen Semiramis column printmaker workshop Michel Wolgemut Nuremberg Wilhelm Pleydenwurff 1493 Bavaria paper letterpress printing woodcut pastes woodcut pasted verso text letterpress height 140 mm x width 222 mm Nuremberg Chronicle Hartmann Schedel published Latin German See Latin edition folio 24v city-view landscape man- constructions detailed black- -white walled city towers domed pitched roofs clustered buildings filling scene tall twisted column topped crowned figure holding sword rises rooftops rounded square towers project defensive walls battlements domed structure decorative circular windows adjacent multi-story building arched openings visible narrow streets alleys pass tightly packed houses timbered facades steep gabled roofs river moat runs outer wall beside curved fortified bastion parapet walkway beyond city walls rolling hills stylized trees rounded foliage rocky outcrops stretch horizon distant castle complex sits atop hill