ISTANBUL GRAVURE FROM HARTMANN SCHEDEL'S LIBER CRONICARUM,15TH C.

Two pages from famous book of Hartmann Schedel's (1440-1514) Liber Cronicarum, German Edition, Nürnberg, 1493.
Page CXXX (130) includes large Constantinopel woodcut shows historical landscape of the city. Among the city description, the only building whose name is mentioned is Hagia Sophia. Some of the other structures can be identified by their location and features: The Church of Holy Apostles, Great Palace of Constantinopel, Boukoleon Palace, Palace of the Porphyrogenitus, The Church ofPanaghia Vlaherna, Golden Gate on Theodosius Wall, Monastery of Ioannes Studios , Column at Augustaion and Golden Horn. Considering all these, it is understood that the engraving reflects the pre-conquest period of the city by Ottomans.
On page CXXIX (129), woodcut of Council of Nikaia, Portraits of St.Helena, Arius and East Roman empires (Great) Constantinus, Constantius II, ConstantinusII, Constans are depicted.
42 x 58 cm (sheet size), 23,5 x 52 cm (Constantinopolis woodcut size)
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