Roma, from the Liber chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle)

1493

Sheet Size: (single bifolio) 45.2 x 32.2 cm

Woodcut

Collection of Fredrika and Paul Jacobs

This view of Rome was printed in Schedel's Liber chronicarum, printed by Anton Koberger (c. 1440/1445‒1513), best known as the Nuremberg Chronicle on account of its place of origin. Based on a plan by Giacopo Filippo, the woodblock was cut by Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, two artists in the circle of Albrecht Dürer. The map dates to the period of the earliest extant statutes of the Universitas Picturae ac Miniaturae (1478).

Place Names: Roman Forum (Campo Vaccino); Rome; Vatican (Apostolic) Palace; Hospital of Santo Spirito; Altemps Palace; Piazza Colonna; Church of Santa Maria Rotonda (Pantheon); Savelli Palace; Church of Santa Maria del Popolo

Key to Map Annotations

The annotations (pins, polygons, and other shaded areas) indicate the following information relative to the maps over which they appear. These annotations can be toggled on or off using the "toggle annotations" dialogue box at the top left of the Mirador image viewer.

Green/Verde: Churches/Chiese or other edifices as they are labeled on the map or noted in the legend on each map
Blue/Azzurro: Identifiable churches or other edifices unlabeled on the map and unnoted in the legend
Yellow/Giallo: Palaces/Palazzi
Purple/Viola: Plazas/Piazze
Orange/Arancio: Portals/Porte, Roads/Strade, or other