Religious, Schedel, City Views, Nuremberg Chronicle, Siamese Twins, Vasconia, Basque Country, Hugo the Great, Adalbert of Bohemia
"Monstru in vasconia" Siamese Twins in the Basque Country - conjoined twins
Two girls born from the same mother, born in one pregnancy and grown in parts together
Type of print: Woodcut
Color: Original hand color
Publication: Nuremberg Chronicle
Author: Hermann Schedel (1440-1514)
Edition: Latin edition
Printed: Nuremberg, 1493
Description: Original hand coloring.
Upper part of print missing.
The other images:
Bishop Theodoricus (Metz)
Bishop Odo (Bayeux)
Arch Bishop Heito I. (Reichenau - Lake Constance)
Abbot (in Reichenau - Lake Constance)
Hugo the Great
Verso:
Adalbert of Bohemia (Salzburg)
St. Wolfgang (Regensburg)
Upper part of page missing. Paper has age toning and is in parts spotty. At bottom paper repairs done in former centuries.
The black at the top of the page does not exist.
Page size: 25 x 28 cm (9.8 x 11")