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BOK.SPN.AD2001

Chronicle of the World

This book, originally completed in 1493, contains "a chronicle of the world divided into six ages, and... historical events with particular emphasis on a 'description of the most famous and renowned' (folio CCLXX verso)." The six ages follow events found in the Bible:

- the First Age of the World from the Creation to the Deluge
- the Second Age from the Deluge to the Birth of Abraham
- the Third Age from the Birth of Abraham to the Kingdom of David
- the Fourth Age from the beginning of the Kingdom of David to the Babylonian Captivity
- the Fifth Age from the Babylonian Captivity to the Birth of Christ
- the Sixth (and longest) Age from the Birth of Christ to the present day

This is followed by the foretelling of the seventh age, characterized by the coming of the Antichrist and the Final Judgment followed by the descriptions of various towns (Chronicle of the World).
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Chronicle of the World - 1493. Madrid, Spain: Taschen, 2001.

1493 AD

2001 AD

Taschen

Stephan Füssel

Nuremberg

Germany

Spain

15th Century

21st Century

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Chronicle of the World: The complete and annotated Nuremberg Chronicle of 1493. Spain: Taschen, 2001.