{"product_id":"1496-nuremberg-chronicle-leaf-popes-clergy-woodcuts-original-15th-century-incunable-page","title":"1496 Nuremberg Chronicle Leaf — Popes \u0026 Clergy Woodcuts — Original 15th Century Incunable Page","description":"📜 Details\n\nDate: 1496\n\nPrinter: Johann Schönsperger, Augsburg, Germany\n\nWork: Liber Chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle)\n\nLanguage: Early German, Gothic (Schwabacher) blackletter type\n\nMaterial: Handmade rag paper with woodcut illustrations\n\nSize: Approx. 27 × 18.5 cm (10.6 × 7.3 in)\n\n\n\n---\n\n🖋️ Description\n\nSide A: Five detailed woodcut portraits of popes and bishops — including Popes Simplicius, Felix III, Gelasius I, and Anastasius II — accompanied by biographical text in two neat columns of blackletter type.\nSide B: Additional portraits of clerics and saints, with narrative text describing early Church history and papal succession.\n\nThe page remains crisp and well-inked, with richly impressed type and striking medieval portraiture.\n\n\n---\n\n🧾 Condition\n\nGently aged with light toning and mild edge wear.\nLower margin shows an old water stain and a minor repair, professionally done and stable.\nPaper retains full strength, with bold, clean printing throughout.\n(Please inspect photos closely; sold as is.)\n\n\n---\n\n🖼️ Framing Option\n\nThis leaf may be professionally framed in a matte black metal frame with acid-free matting and UV-resistant acrylic for museum-quality preservation and display.\n👉 Simply purchase the separate framing listing in this shop to add custom framing to your order.\n\n\n---\n\n✨ Why Collect This Leaf\n\nGenuine incunable (printed before 1501)\n\nFrom the rare Augsburg 1496 “pirated” edition — scarcer on the market than the 1493 Nuremberg printing\n\nBeautiful early portraits of Church leaders and saints\n\nPerfect for lovers of medieval art, history, theology, and early printing\n\nA timeless conversation piece — over 525 years old","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52264025686236,"sku":null,"price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0849\/4759\/9580\/files\/7feea632-il_fullxfull.7316827247_nhgn.jpg?v=1786496762","url":"https:\/\/thekeenantiquarian.com\/products\/1496-nuremberg-chronicle-leaf-popes-clergy-woodcuts-original-15th-century-incunable-page","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}