Woodcuts

Image from De opere ferte diei

1493

A scene from the two-sided folio from Hartmann Schedel's The Book of Chronicles, or in German Das Buch der Chroniken (1493), depicting God creating Adam from clay. This clay is interpreted alchemically as the "prima materia," or first matter, from which all life springs. Beside the pair of God and Adam, nature is depicted as a harmonious eden with free-flowing waters and animals grazing nearby.

Artist	Pleydenwurff, Wilhelm, -1494 Wolgemut, Michael, 1434-1519
Contributor	Schedel, Hartmann, 1440-1514
Format	Image
Genre	Woodcuts
Medium	Laid paper
Extent	8.25 in. Diam.
Subject	Adam (Biblical figure) Alchemy Creation--Mythology Eden God (Christianity) Liber chronicarum (Schedel, Hartmann)
Rights	Public Domain Mark 1.0
Credit line	Courtesy of Science History Institute

Physical location

Department	Museum
Collection	Fisher Collection

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Pleydenwurff, Wilhelm, and Michael Wolgemut. “Image from De Opere Ferte Diei.” Laid paper, 1493. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/3n203z59m.

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