Chronographia, oder, Beschreybung der Iaren

About this book

World chronicle from biblical times to 1550 focusing on central European events, especially in the region of Fulda, Germany; includes the invention of printing by Gutenberg (leaf 161r), Martin Luther and the Reformation, Ottoman invasions, wars, outbreaks of disease, the founding of schools, the death of Albrecht Dürer (leaf 174r), and an infamous Jewish blood libel case in Fulda in 1237 (leaf 142v).