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View of Themiscyra, Liber Chronicarum, print, album page, book illustration, A view of a city. Here possibly used as an image of Themiscyra, capital of the Amazons., 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 223 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 20r., city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions, A detailed black and white woodcut-style cityscape showing a fortified town with tall stone walls and round and rectangular towers, rooftops with steep gables and tiled patterns, and a prominent church with a tall bell tower and a pitched roof topped by crosses. Trees with rounded, textured foliage rise behind the walls, and winding pathways and ramps run along the battlements. Buildings of varying heights crowd within the walls, including half-timbered houses and arched gateways. In the foreground, stylized water with wavy lines appears outside the city walls, and rocky, undulating hills form the distant background.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B30_083

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Keywords

View Themiscyra Liber Chronicarum print album page book illustration view city image capital Amazons printmaker workshop Michel Wolgemut Nuremberg Wilhelm Pleydenwurff 1493 Bavaria paper letterpress printing woodcut pastes woodcut pasted verso text letterpress height 140 mm x width 223 mm Nuremberg Chronicle Hartmann Schedel published Latin German See Latin edition folio 20r city-view landscape man- constructions detailed black white woodcut-style cityscape showing fortified town tall stone walls round rectangular towers rooftops steep gables tiled patterns prominent church tall bell tower pitched roof topped crosses Trees rounded textured foliage rise walls winding pathways ramps run battlements Buildings varying heights crowd within half-timbered houses arched gateways foreground stylized water wavy lines outside city walls rocky undulating hills form distant background