  hartmann schedel (13 february 1440 â 28 november 1514) was a german physician, humanist, historian, and one of the first cartographers to use the printing press. he was born and died in nuremberg. matheolus perusinus served as his tutor. schedel is best known for his writing the text for the nuremberg chronicle, known as schedelsche weltchronik (english: schedel's world chronicle), published in 1493 in nuremberg. it was probably commissioned by anton koberger. maps in the chronicle were the first ever illustrations of many cities and countries. with the invention of the printing press by johannes gutenberg in 1447, it became feasible to print books and maps for a larger customer basis. because they had to be handwritten, books were previously rare and very expensive. schedel was also a notable collector of books, art and old master prints. an album he had bound in 1504, which once contained five engravings by jacopo de' barbari, provides important evidence for dating de' barbari's work. == gallery ==  image:nuernberg schedel.jpg|nuremberg image:nuremberg chronicles - cracovia.png|cracovia image:nuremberg chronicles - bressla.png|breslau image:praha1493.jpg|prague image:hans boehm pfeifer von niklashausen schedelsche weltchronik.jpg|hans bÃ¶hm, the "pauker von niklashausen" image:schedel judenfeindlichkeit.jpg|blood libel: the supposed killing of a christian boy at the hands of jews in trient in 1475 image:schedel judenfeindlichkeit2.jpg|burning of jews for the supposed desecration of sacramental wafers in deggendorf, bavaria in 1492 image:schedel konstantinopel.jpg|constantinople in 1493 image:hartmann-schedel-hierosolima-1493 2-bw-1147x965.jpg|jerusalem image:hartmann-schedel destrvccio-iherosolime 1493 1-1460x750.jpg|the destruction of jerusalem by the chaldeans image:nuremberg chronicles f 105r 1.png|death of seneca image:aesopnurembergchronicle.jpg| aesop == editions == * hartmann schedel: registrum huius operis libri cronicarum cu [cum] figuris et imagibus [imaginibus] ab inicio mudi [mundi]. [nachdruck der ausgabe nÃ¼rnberg, koberger, 1493]. ostfildern: quantum books, [2002?]. - ccxcix, [51] s., isbn 3-935293-04-6 * hartmann schedel: register des buchs der croniken und geschichten mit figuren und pildnussen von anbeginn der welt bis auf dise unnsere zeit. [durch georgium alten ... in diss teutsch gebracht]. reprint [der ausg.] nÃ¼rnberg, koberger, 1493, 1. wiederdruck. mÃ¼nchen: reprint-verlag kÃ¶lbl, 1991. - [9], cclxxxvi bl., idn: 947020551 * hartmann schedel: weltchronik. nachdruck [der] kolorierten gesamtausgabe von 1493. einleitung und kommentar von stephan fÃ¼ssel. 
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