Hartmann Schedel: Damascus
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Cartographer:
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Hartmann Schedel
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Title:
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Damascus
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Date:
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1493
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Published:
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Nuremberg
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Width:
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9 inches / 23 cm
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Height:
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14 inches / 36 cm
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Map ref:
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MEAST3643
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Description:
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Early incunable woodcut view of Damascus from the Nuremberg Chronicle, one of the most important books published in 15th-century Europe. Like many of the city plans in the Nuremberg Chronicle, Damascus looks more like a city of medieval northern Europe than a wealthy middle-eastern metropolis. A Latin description of the city is printed above the woodcut view in Gothic script.
Original hand-colour. [MEAST3643] |