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Kölner Chronik [Cologne Chronicle]; Battle Scene
Kölner Chronik [Cologne Chronicle]; Battle Scene

Kölner Chronik [Cologne Chronicle]; Battle Scene

Primary (Nuremberg, Germany, 1434–1519)
NationalityGerman, Europe
Date1499
MediumLetterpress with woodcut
DimensionsSheet: 13 3/8 × 9 1/4 in. (34 × 23.5 cm)
Image: 4 7/16 × 5 5/8 in. (11.3 × 14.3 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Museum Fund, 1983.132.39
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1983.132.39/55
On View
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Label Text
The Cologne Chronicle is an ambitiously illustrated example of a German incunabulum, a term used to describe the earliest printed materials in Europe dating back to the fifteenth century. A Chronicle was a type of history that addressed events central to a specific city or region. This single leaf from the Cologne Chronicle depicts a battle between the armies of King Philip of Swabia and his longtime rival, King Otto IV of Saxony, which took place in 1206 near Cologne, as described in the accompanying text. 
Exhibitions
Scenes from the Life of Jesus, Zwolle edition
Workshop of Michael Wolgemut
1495
Scene from the Life of Jesus, Zwolle edition
Workshop of Michael Wolgemut
1499
This image is for study only, and may not accurately represent the object’s true color or scale…
Workshop of Michael Wolgemut
circa 1479
This image is for study only, and may not accurately represent the object’s true color or scale…
Workshop of Michael Wolgemut
1483