View of a city, Liber Chronicarum, print, album page, book illustration, A view of a city., 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 190 mm x width 225 mm, The woodcut is repeatedly 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 23r, 44v, 61r, 110v and 194v., city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions, A detailed black and white line drawing of a densely built fortified city with many towers, domes, and battlements seen from above, showing walls and gates along a flowing river, narrow clustered roofs and chimneys, arched bridges and gatehouses, a large domed building with circular openings and a tall multi-story tower beside it, slender spires and a column topped by a huma...
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View of a city, Liber Chronicarum, print, album page, book illustration, A view of a city., 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 190 mm x width 225 mm, The woodcut is repeatedly 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 23r, 44v, 61r, 110v and 194v., city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions, A detailed black and white line drawing of a densely built fortified city with many towers, domes, and battlements seen from above, showing walls and gates along a flowing river, narrow clustered roofs and chimneys, arched bridges and gatehouses, a large domed building with circular openings and a tall multi-story tower beside it, slender spires and a column topped by a human figure with a spear, overlapping rows of houses with varied rooflines, stone stairways, fortified parapets and ramparts, and patterned water lines indicating the river moving past the city.

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View city Liber Chronicarum print album page book illustration view printmaker workshop Michel Wolgemut Nuremberg Wilhelm Pleydenwurff 1493 Bavaria paper letterpress printing woodcut pastes woodcut pasted verso text letterpress height 190 mm x width 225 mm repeatedly Nuremberg Chronicle Hartmann Schedel published Latin German See Latin edition folio 23r 44v 61r 110v 194v city-view landscape man- constructions detailed black white line drawing densely built fortified city towers domes battlements showing walls gates flowing river narrow clustered roofs chimneys arched bridges gatehouses large domed building circular openings tall multi-story tower beside slender spires column topped human figure spear overlapping rows houses varied rooflines stone stairways fortified parapets ramparts patterned water lines indicating river moving past city

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