"Freaks of Nuremberg" Sticker Sheet
The Nuremberg Chronicle is a book-history marvel. First printed in 1493, it became a runaway success, meaning the Chronicle is one of the most well-documented incunables we have. There’s little wonder why it became so popular. Its author, Hartmann Schedel, presents an encyclopedic history of the world, guiding us through the seven Biblical ages at a level of detail verging on prurient. Over 1,800 woodcuts illustrate the Chronicle, letting the reader see history with their own eyes.
With this sticker sheet, MxComan brings some of the Chronicle’s “miraculous creatures” out of the medieval shadows. Here we find a mythological six-armed giant, known as a Gegenes, a set of conjoined twins, and a werewolf mid transition, complemented by a remixed 17th-century emblem of the “hand of destiny”.
✞ 1 x sticker sheet feat. 8 unique designs
Starring:
✞ 2 x Gegenees figures
✞ 2 x werewolves
✞ 2 x conjoined twins
✞ 2 x hand of destiny
Can’t get enough of these designs? We don’t blame you. For more of the Gegenees, check out this postcard. The hand of destiny makes another appearance on the postcard exclusively available as part of this collection’s set.
Find more of MxComan’s visionary designs in the Trans + Genderqueer Saints collection.
In the Chronicle, Schedel insists that things must be seen to be believed, to be understood:
“Histories […] record forms of people out of the ordinary course of nature, most of whom live far from the sea, and whom many considered miraculous and beyond belief. Who, without having seen them, would believe that such men […] exist? And what person is not surprised when he sees one for the first time? Many things are considered impossible before they are seen.”
The “Freaks of Nuremberg” invites us to remember that being hidden - from history, from society - is not the same as being absent. The marvellous was always, already there.
Sources: ✞ 15th-century Nuremberg Chronicle ✞ 17th-century edition of an emblem book by Aegidius Albertinus
Size: A6 (105 x 148 mm)
Spec: Premium paper / gloss finish / permanent adhesive
Shelfmark: JCXSC.1.SS
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