Skip to main content

Koberger, Anton, approximately 1440-1513

 Person

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Nuremberg Chronicle leaf, 1493

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 11, Object: 1
Identifier: Item 11
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1493