SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Hierosolyma, Templum Salomois [“Solomon’s Temple, Jerusalem”]. Half-page...

SCHEDEL, HARTMANN.
Hierosolyma, Templum Salomois [“Solomon’s Temple, Jerusalem”].

Half-page woodcut by Michael Wohlgemuth, from the Nuremberg Chronicle.
17 x 11 inches (43 x 28 cm).
Nuremberg, first edition 1493 (or later):
An quasi-symmetrical depiction of Jerusalem at the height of its grandeur, with Solomon’s Temple in the heart of the city. Verso contains text describing the ‘Second Era of the World’, and depicts construction of the Tower of Babel.
An quasi-symmetrical depiction of Jerusalem at the height of its grandeur, with Solomon’s Temple in the heart of the city. Verso contains text describing the ‘Second Era of the World’, and depicts construction of the Tower of Babel.