Date:
1034
Location: Europe,
A
rare typeset book from 1493 contains what may be the earliest
pictorial representation of a UFO. The book Liber Chronicarum,
describes a strange fiery sphere, seen in 1034, soaring
through the sky in a straight course from south to east
and then veering toward the setting sun.
A couple of pages from the The Nuremberg Chronicle, or
Liber Chronicarum.
(This image does not show the page with the UFO illustration.)
Source:
The Bible UFO Connection
A
rare typeset book from 1493 contains what may be the earliest
pictorial representation of a UFO. The book Liber Chronicarum
(or commonly known as the Nuremberg Chronicle), describes
a strange fiery sphere, seen in 1034, soaring through
the sky in a straight course from south to east and then
veering toward the setting sun. The illustration accompanying
the account shows a cigar-shaped form haloed by flames,
sailing through a blue sky over a green, rolling countryside.
This may be the first work that actually contains actual
illustrations of UFO's.
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Background
information about the The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum)
The
Nuremberg Chronicle is one of the best documented early
printed books. The Chronicle is an illustrated world history.
It was first published in Latin on 12 June 1493 and was
quickly followed by a German translation on 23 December
1493. Scholars estimate that 1400-1500 Latin, and 700-1000
German, copies were published. A document from 1509 records
that 539 Latin versions and 60 German versions had not
been sold. Approximately 400 Latin and 300 German copies
survived into the twenty-first century. Its author is
Hartmann Schedel, while Georg Alt is credited with the
German translation. The prominent artist Albrecht Dürer
was an apprentice during the making of the woodblock illustrations.
As
was common at the time, the book did not have a title
page. Latin scholars refer to it as Liber Chronicarum
(Book of Chronicles) as the phrase appears in the index
introduction of the Latin edition. English speakers have
long referred to it as the Nuremberg Chronicle after the
city in which it was published. German speakers refer
to it as Die Schedelshe Weltchronik (Schedel's World History)
in honour of its author. (Wikipedia)
Source:
http://www.ufoevidence.org/cases/case497.htm
