Quinta etas mundi
Nuremburg: Koberger, Anton, 1493. Woodcut, uncolored. Page measures 17" x 12 1/4". From the Latin edition of the Liber cronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle). The first secular published book, it tells the history of the earth through seven "ages". As the recto LXVI, this piece shows a fictitious view of the visionary temple of Ezekiel. It includes the first figure of the temple edifice, a second similar figure, and a two figures showing the ornamentation of the gate. The verso LXVI shows..... More