Medieval Animals

The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)

1493Nuremberg, Germany

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Hartmann Schedel's monumental illustrated biblical paraphrase and world history. Celebrated for its iconic woodcut folios depicting monstrous human races, Blemmyes, cynocephali, and mythical beasts.

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