Atilla The Hun, Nuremberg Chronicle
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Atilla The Hun, Nuremberg Chronicle
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Woodcut of Atilla, the Hun (CXXXVII verso) excerpt from english translation "Attila was a man of stately bearing. Turning his eyes around now here, now there, so that his lofty carriage and power also appeared in his bodily movements. He was a lover of war, not very mild, yet moderate, of good counsel and approachable. He was of short stature, broad chest, large head, small eyes, thin beard besprinkled with gray hair, flat nose, and dark skin." The Nuremberg Chronicle is an illustrated Biblical paraphrase and world history that follows the story of human history related in the Bible; it includes the histories of a number of important Western cities. Written in Latin by Hartmann Schedel, with a version in German translation by Georg Alt, it appeared in 1493. It is one of the best documented early printed book, an incunabulum, and one of the first to successfully integrate illustrations and text. In the Book of Revelation, the last book of the New Testament, the revelation which John receives is that of the ultimate victory of good over evil and the end of the present age, and that is the primary meaning of the term, one that dates to 1175.
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