Hartmann Schedel
| Hartmann Schedel | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 February 1440 Germany |
| Died | 28 November 1514 (aged 74) Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Physician, humanist, historian, cartographer |
Hartmann Schedel (13 February 1440 – 28 November 1514) was a German physician, humanist, historian, and one of the first cartographers to use the printing press. He was born and died in Nuremberg. Matheolus Perusinus served as his tutor.
Schedel is best known for his writing the text for the Nuremberg Chronicle, known as Schedelsche Weltchronik (English: Schedel's World Chronicle), published in 1493 in Nuremberg. It was commissioned by Sebald Schreyer (1446 – 1520) and Sebastian Kammermeister (1446 – 1503). Maps in the Chronicle were the first ever illustrations of many cities and countries.
With the invention of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg in 1447, it became feasible to print books and maps for a larger customer basis. Because they had to be handwritten, books were previously rare and very expensive.
Schedel was also a notable collector of books, art and old master prints. An album he had bound in 1504, which once contained five engravings by Jacopo de' Barbari, provides important evidence for dating de' Barbari's work.
Nuremberg
Hans Böhm, the "Pauker von Niklashausen"
Blood libel: the supposed killing of a Christian boy at the hands of Jews in Trient in 1475
Burning of Jews for the supposed desecration of sacramental wafers in Deggendorf, Bavaria in 1492
Constantinople in 1493
Jerusalem
The destruction of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans
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