Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Schedel, Hartmann, 1440-1514

Title:

Secunda etas mundi = Secunda etas mũdi / [Hartmann Schedel].

Published / Created:

[Nuremberg] : [Anton Koberger], [12 July 1493]

Physical Description:

1 map ; 31 x 44 cm, on sheet 41 x 58 cm

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio C 2010 1e
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Maps & Atlas (printed)

Scale:

Scale not given.

Notes:

Caption title.

Relief shown pictorially.

Woodcut by Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurrf.

Upper right: "foliũ XIII."

From: Liber chronicarum, 12 July 1493.

Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world (4th ed.), 19

Jerusalem is at the center of the map; the Indian Ocean is an enclosed area; and Scandinavia, southern Africa and the Far East are not shown.

Eastern hemisphere (Known world).

Twelve winds, depicted as heads surrounding the map, are named as well as major places.

A panel of seven creatures borders the left margin.

On verso: three columns of Latin text with the third column bordered by a panel of seven creatures on either side; upper right: "folium XII."

BAC: British Art Center copy is uncolored.

Subject Terms:

World maps -- Early works to 1800. | Chronology, Historical -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.

Contributors:

Koberger, Anton, approximately 1440–1513, publisher. | Pleydenwurff, Wilhelm, -1494, engraver. | Wolgemut, Michael, 1434–1519, engraver. | Schedel, Hartmann, 1440–1514. Liber chronicarum. | Ptolemy, active 2nd century. Geographia.