Hartmann Schedel (13 February 1440 – 28 November 1514) was a German

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, physician,

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, and one of the first

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s to use the

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. He was born and died in

Nuremberg Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...

. Matheolus Perusinus served as his

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. Schedel is best known for his writing the text for the ''

Nuremberg Chronicle The ''Nuremberg Chronicle'' is an illustrated encyclopedia consisting of world historical accounts, as well as accounts told through biblical paraphrase. Subjects include human history in relation to the Bible, illustrated mythological creatures, ...

'', known as ''Schedelsche Weltchronik'' (English: ''Schedel's World Chronicle''), published in 1493 in Nuremberg. It was commissioned by Sebald Schreyer (1446–1520) and Sebastian Kammermeister (1446–1503).Hartmann Schedule, Weltchronik, Kolorierte Gesamtausgabe von 1493, Einleitung und cementer Stephen Füssel, Weltbild Verlag Maps in the ''Chronicle'' were the first ever illustrations of many cities and countries. With the invention of the printing press by

Johannes Gutenberg Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg (; – 3 February 1468) was a German inventor and craftsman who introduced letterpress printing to Europe with his movable-type printing press. Though not the first of its kind, earlier designs ...

in 1447, it became feasible to print books and maps for a larger customer basis. Because they had to be handwritten, books had previously been rare and very expensive. Schedel was also a notable collector of books, art and

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s. An album he had bound in 1504, which once contained five

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s by Jacopo de' Barbari, provides important evidence for dating de' Barbari's work.

Gallery

File:Nuernberg schedel.JPG, Nuremberg File:Nuremberg chronicles - CRACOVIA.png,

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: the supposed killing of a Christian boy at the hands of Jews in Trient in 1475. Simon of Trent File:Schedel judenfeindlichkeit2.jpg, Burning of Jews for the supposed desecration of sacramental wafers in Deggendorf, Bavaria in 1492 File:Schedel konstantinopel.jpg,

Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya (Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis (" ...

in 1493 File:Hartmann-schedel-hierosolima-1493 2-BW-1147x965.jpg, Jerusalem File:Hartmann-schedel DESTRVCCIO-IHEROSOLIME 1493 1-1460x750.jpg, The destruction of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans File:Nuremberg chronicles f 105r 1.png, Death of Seneca File:Aesopnurembergchronicle.jpg,

Aesop Aesop ( or ; , ; c. 620–564 BCE) was a Greek fabulist and storyteller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as ''Aesop's Fables''. Although his existence remains unclear and no writings by him survive, numerous tales c ...

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World Map (1493). File:Colored woodcut town view of Florence.jpg, View of Florence by Hartmann Schedel, Printed in Nuremberg by Anton Koberger in 1493.

Editions

* Hartmann Schedel: ''Registrum huius operis libri cronicarum cu umfiguris et imagibus maginibusab inicio mudi

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'. achdruck der Ausgabe Nürnberg, Koberger, 1493 Ostfildern: Quantum Books, 002? - CCXCIX, 1S., * Hartmann Schedel: ''Register des Buchs der Croniken und geschichten mit figuren und pildnussen von anbeginn der welt bis auf dise unnsere Zeit''. urch Georgium Alten ... in diss Teutsch gebracht Reprint er Ausg.Nürnberg, Koberger, 1493, 1. Wiederdruck. München: Reprint-Verlag Kölbl, 1991. - CCLXXXVI Bl., IDN: 947020551 * Hartmann Schedel: ''Weltchronik. Nachdruck erkolorierten Gesamtausgabe von 1493''. Einleitung und Kommentar von Stephan Füssel. Augsburg: Weltbild, 2004. - 680 S., *Stephan Füssel (Hg.): ''Schedel'sche Weltchronik''. Taschen Verlag, Köln 2001.
Digitalisat der lateinischen Ausgabe
(mit brasil-portugiesischer Bedien-Oberfläche)

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20130321014036/http://www.beloit.edu/nuremberg/inside/contents/index.htm Digitalisat der Beloit copy(Morse Library, Beloit College, Beloit, WI 53511, United States)
Holzschnitte aus einem der Exemplare der Bibliothèque nationale de France

Notes

Sources

*Elisabeth Rücker: ''Hartmann Schedels Weltchronik, das größte Buchunternehmen der Dürerzeit''. Verlag Prestel, München 1988. *Stephan Füssel (Hrsg.): ''500 Jahre Schedelsche Weltchronik''. Carl, Nürnberg 1994. *Peter Zahn: ''Hartmann Schedels Weltchronik. Bilanz der jüngeren Forschung''. In: Bibliotheksforum Bayern 24 (1996), 230-248 *Christoph Reske: ''Die Produktion der Schedelschen Weltchronik in Nürnberg''. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2000. *Michael Zellmann-Rohrer, Constantine Hadavas, Selim S. Nahas: ''Liber Chronicarum Translation Volume 1''. Boston.

External links

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Liber chronicarum.
Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 23 Dec. 1493. From the
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