COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1107068
Reference Number:
R1786
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Argentina
Translated Image Title:
Strasbourg
Parent Work Title:
Liber chronicarum
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Nuremberg Chronicle
Creator:
Koberger, Anton, approximately 1440-1513
Creator Role:
Printer
Creator:
Schedel, Hartmann, 1440-1514
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Pleydenwurff, Wilhelm, -1494
Creator Role:
Illustrator
Creator:
Wolgemut, Michael, 1434-1519
Creator Role:
Illustrator
Date Created:
1493
Publication Details:
Nuremberg : Anton Koberger, for Sebald Schreyer and Sebastian Kammermeister
Page/Sheet:
139v-140r
Image Sequence Number:
139v
Description:
Double page opening from the 'Sixth Age of the World' of the 'Liber chronicarum'. Woodcut illustrating medieval city of Argentina, the historical ancient latin name for Strasbourg.
Language Code:
lat-DE
Subject:
World history
Subject:
France--History
Subject:
Printing--History
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Incunabula
Sub-Category:
Illustrated works
Technique Used:
Woodcut (process)
Creation Site:
Germany: Bavaria: Nuremberg
Places Covered:
France: Strasbourg
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2010-12-01
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2011-02
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Argentina
