{"product_id":"erschrecklich-wunderbarlich-zeichen-nostradamus-1554-broadsheet-print","title":"\"Ein Erschrecklich und Wunderbarlich Zeichen\" – Michael de Nostre Dame, 1554 - Classic Historical Broadsheet Print","description":"\u003cp\u003eA remarkable and historically unique example of \u003cstrong\u003e16th century German broadsheet printing and celestial wonder reporting\u003c\/strong\u003e, reproduced to capture the dramatic woodcut imagery of this \u003cstrong\u003eNostradamus-authored comet broadsheet\u003c\/strong\u003e. This \u003cstrong\u003eglossy printed vintage historical print\u003c\/strong\u003e — translated from French and published in \u003cstrong\u003eNuremberg by M. Joachim Heller\u003c\/strong\u003e — records a terrifying celestial phenomenon witnessed over \u003cstrong\u003eChalon-sur-Saône, France, on 10 March 1554\u003c\/strong\u003e, described by the letter's author \u003cstrong\u003eMichael De Nostre Dames (Nostradamus)\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaper:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200 GSM+\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFinish:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gloss\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSizes:\u003c\/strong\u003e A5, A4, A3, A2, A1, A0, 20×30\", 24×36\", 30×40\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eShipping:\u003c\/strong\u003e Free — rolled in protective cardboard tube\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished in \u003cstrong\u003e1554\u003c\/strong\u003e and translated from French into German for the \u003cstrong\u003eNuremberg printing market\u003c\/strong\u003e, this extraordinary broadsheet records a letter by \u003cstrong\u003eMichel de Nostredame (Nostradamus)\u003c\/strong\u003e (1503–1566) — the famous French physician, astrologer, and prophet — describing a terrifying aerial phenomenon observed at Chalon between 7 and 8 in the evening of 10 March: a vast comet-like fireball of blazing light, accompanied by a human face in the moon, interpreted as a divine portent of war, famine, pestilence, and catastrophe. The magnificent hand-coloured woodcut — showing a blazing comet with a grimacing lunar face streaking across a clouded sky — is one of the most dramatic examples of \u003cstrong\u003e16th century German celestial wonder-print art\u003c\/strong\u003e. The broadsheet is dedicated to \u003cstrong\u003eClodio, Grauen von Teude\u003c\/strong\u003e, Lieutenant Governor of the Province.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday, \u003cstrong\u003e16th century Nostradamus-related broadsheet prints\u003c\/strong\u003e are extraordinarily rare and historically significant documents of \u003cstrong\u003eRenaissance French and German popular culture\u003c\/strong\u003e. This reproduction is essential for historians of \u003cstrong\u003eNostradamus\u003c\/strong\u003e, lovers of \u003cstrong\u003eearly modern European popular print culture\u003c\/strong\u003e, or collectors of \u003cstrong\u003eRenaissance celestial wonder literature\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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