[Fragment from a small Chronicle]
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: early 16th century
Dimensions:
Mount: 460 x 315 mm (46 x 31.5 cm)
Medium: Black printing ink on laid paper
Object number: P.128.1
DescriptionThe text and imagery suggest this is from a chronicle. The text suggesting the existence of a power struggle across Europe during this period, is a theory supported by the main woodcut illustration. This illustration depicts a town apparently under siege; the buildings, walls and church steeples of the town are crumbling as groups of people flee in all directions and hide.