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E. Shaffer - The Nuremberg Chronicles 1950. Gunot Z241 S31 S48

28 types of Popes portray 226 successors of St. Peter
26 views of cities which extended across both pages, as
well as 69 small prints.
Stromer's paper mill - perhaps provided the paper

Unlike most contemporary coloring found in incumbula the
color schemes found in many copies of The Nuremberg
Chronicle have a strong family resemblance and can be presumed
to have been done on the instruction of the publishers,
that is the printer or patrons of the work. The final
settlement of the accounts show many of the unsold
copies sent to agents in Germany and abroad had been
colored previous to dispatch.

The coloring was done by hand with a range of simple earth
tints, but the workmanship was unusually careful ,
although it cannot compare with the expensive colors and
skilled artistry used by the illuminators of manuscripts.

Many copies still survive - over 800 Latin and 400 German. Apparently
the paper came from upper Rhine sources

More parchment makers than printers marching in the
tradesmen's parades as late as 1521 and a street in
Nuremberg was named for them [ "Permelterstrasse" ?]

Nuremberg in 1490 --> 40-50,000 inhabitants and was after
Cologne among the largest in Europe
only 32-35 aristocratic families had access to a seat on
the City Council - a busy, rich, mercantile & cultural center

it was the seat of an imperial castle.
Salaries and fees per annum
Physician 100 Rd. fl.
Pharmicist 50
Printer 32
Architects 150
Book --> Missdle Wormatiense - 4 Rhiglde

Albrecht Durers House
1509 --> 295 Rd. fl.
1 florim = , Rhgld + 1 shilling
1 Rhgld - 20 shilling

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