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Die schweizerischen Bilderchroniken und ihre Architektur-Darstellungen

Zemp, Josef, 1869- · 1897 · Zürich: F. Schulthess · 40 pictures

A scholarly German study by Josef Zemp, published in Zürich in 1897, examining architectural depictions in Swiss illustrated chronicles for art historians and historians of manuscript illumination. The pictures are line-drawn reproductions of medieval castles, walled towns, and sieges, showing how chroniclers rendered towers, gates, and fortifications, which a designer might borrow for medieval settings, fantasy maps, or period architecture studies.

Illumination of books and manuscripts

Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public domain (published before 1931) · More from this library