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died in the 1530s, the artist in question here must be his son, Hans
Burgkmair the Younger, who is much less well attested by known works. In addition, at least two of the images appear to be based on drawings from the workshop of Burgkmair the Younger, leading Borchert to conclude that he was a
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The second part of the manuscript (Folios 16 to 171) explores non-biblical events from
Antiquity up to 1552. This covers numerous subjects, including meteorological and astronomical portents, comets, natural catastrophes, fabulous creatures and freaks of nature.
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of Christ. The visions of St. John are presented across nineteen surviving sheets (some are missing) and covers
Revelation 1:12–18, St. John's vision of Christ and the seven candlesticks (Folio 172) to Revelation 18:1–3, The Fall of Babylon (Folio 192).
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The manuscript has no introduction, title page, list of contents or dedication that would be usual for the time. Instead it launches straight into its sequence of illustrations and commentary. It is written in rough chronological order, from the
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on some of the pages, the frequency with which events in
Augsburg and its environs appear and the naming of Augsburg artist and printmaker Hans Burgkmair within it, it has been concluded that the manuscript was most likely produced in Augsburg.
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The identities of the creators of the manuscript, and the person or persons for whom it was produced, remain something of a mystery. The name of the
Augsburg artist and printmaker Hans Burgkmair appears on one page of the manuscript.
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art Joshua P. Waterman. The entire text of the original manuscript and the essays are presented in
English, German and French. A second edition was produced in 2017.
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The manuscript consists of 123 surviving folios with 23 inserts. Each page is illuminated in full colour in
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The final part of the manuscript shows scenes from the final book of the New
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