Hartmann Schedel / Wohlgemut / Pleydenwurff / Durer - The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum) - Le Crociate a Gerusalemme (Folium CCIIII) - 1493

The Nuremberg Chronicle, originally titled Liber Chronicarum, is a famous illustrated world history published in 1493. Created by Hartmann Schedel with illustrations by Michael Wohlgemut, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, and Albrecht Dürer, it is one of the best-documented incunabula (early printed books). This folium, titled "Le Crociate a Gerusalemme" (The Crusades in Jerusalem), details the historical events surrounding the crusades to the Holy Land, combining textual accounts with woodcut illustrations. The Nuremberg Chronicle is valued for its comprehensive narrative, blending biblical, classical, and medieval history with contemporary geography, and remains an important source in early print culture and historical illustration.