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Description
English: View of Rhodes (i. e. Rhodos, Rhodus), capital of the Greek island of the same name, around 1490.
Deutsch: Ansicht von Rhodos, Hauptstadt der gleichnamigen griechischen Insel, um 1490.
Source
English: Woodcut from Hartmann Schedel’s Weltchronik (Nürnberg 1493), fol. xxvi verso. This is one of the famous realistic town views from Schedel’s work.
Deutsch: Holzschnitt aus Hartmann Schedels Weltchronik (Nürnberg 1493), fol. xxvi verso. Dies ist einer der berühmten realistischen Stadtansichten in Schedels Werk.
Date
English: Drawn around 1490, published in 1493.
Deutsch: Um 1490 gezeichnet, 1493 veröffentlicht.
Author
English: Artist not known by name, included in Schedel’s work. Scanned by Aristeas
Deutsch: Der Künstler ist nicht namentlich bekannt, das Bild gehört zu Schedels Werk. Gescannt von Aristeas
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current11:14, 26 December 20052,121×1,649 (286 KB)Aristeas (View of Rhodos (i.e. Rhodus or Rhode, capital of the isle of the same name in Greece), woodcut from Hartmann Schedel’s ''Weltchronik'' (Nürnberg 1493), fol. xxvi ''verso''. This is one of the famous realistic town views from Schedel’s work. Scanned b)
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