Divinity Atlas

Sacred Correspondences
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Beda, Liber Chronicarum, Rijksmuseum (Wolgemut/Pleydenwurff workshop, 1493)

Rijksmuseum collection record, read 2026-08-19

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The Rijksmuseum's own collection record for "Beda," a woodcut from the workshop of Michel Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, made in 1493 as an illustration to Hartmann Schedel's Liber Chronicarum, the Nuremberg Chronicle. The print's own accompanying text identifies the seated reading figure as the monk and historian Beda. Object number RP-P-2016-49-85-1.

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Publisher
Rijksmuseum
URL
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/RP-P-2016-49-85-1
Source Type
Museum
Assessment
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1
The holding museum's own collection record for the accessioned woodcut, whose own printed text names Bede as the figure shown reading, matching the precedent set for the same series' Gregory VII entry.
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This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 6 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 1 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
  • Sacred Art & Iconography, 4 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.
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