Nuremburg Chronicle [page 207]
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: c.1493
Illustrator: Michael Wohlgemuth and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff
Medium: Black printing ink on laid paper
Object number: P.45.3
DescriptionPage 'Folium CCVII' or 207 from the Chronicle. Page number in top right corner of recto. There are two half-length portrait illustrations (on the recto) of 'Phillipus' and 'Otto Quartus' who are both given the title 'Linea Imperatoy' or Imperial rule (this title often describes Holy Roman Emperors as well, such as Maximilian I). The verso features two larger woodcut illustrations of monastical buildings for Christian Orders or 'Ordo'. The first of these is the 'Ordo Cruciferorum', the second is the 'Ordo Carmelitarum'. There is also a half-length portarit of an un-named Clerical figure.
