MSI case study: Nuremberg Chronicle
This case study illustrates the use of the Antonello MSI system on a 15th-century historical print, a sheet from Schedel’s World Chronicle, also known as the Nuremberg Chronicle. This is an illustrated world history report. It is the main work of the German historian Hartmann Schedel and was first published in Nuremberg in 1493, in a Latin and a German version. It is the most important illustrated incunabulum. The manuscript of Hartmann Schedel is kept in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek.
The chronicle follows the tradition of medieval chronicles that depict the history of the world in eras. In 1487 Michael Wolgemut and his stepson Wilhelm Pleydenwurff started working on the design of the woodcuts. Contributions from the young Albrecht Dürer, who served an apprenticeship with Wolgemut, are also probable. The Latin edition, which was distributed throughout Europe, must have been larger than the German. It was printed in Nuremberg by Anton Koberger.
Sheet 23 × 22 cm.
