Jan Kozak Collection: Historical Earthquakes

Thumbnail Image Image-KZ10 Artist's interpretation of damage to town of Basel based on written record of earthquake. (Woodcut, ca.1544)
Thumbnail Image Image-KZ11 Damage to Basel after 1356 earthquake. Allegorical figure in foreground. (Copper engraving based on earlier woodcut, ca 17th c.?)
Thumbnail Image Image-KZ515 Prediger Church in Basel. The nave of the church has been almost completely destroyed, while the chancel suffered minor damage because of its special construction. (The image was reconstructed in 1985 using older images and verbal descriptions from 1356)
Thumbnail Image Image-KZ525 Artist's interpretation of earthquake damage and fire in Basel. (Unidentified color print, 19th c.)
Thumbnail Image Image-KZ9 Damage to town of Basel based on written record of earthquake. Artist's interpretation of damage 200 years later. (Woodcut, Switzerland, ca.1544)
Thumbnail Image Image-KZ933 "De terraemotibus Basileae factis." SEE ALSO: KZ9-11. (Basel, Switzerland)
Thumbnail Image Image-KZ944 Damage to town of Basel based on written record of earthquake. Artist's interpretation of damage 200 years later, (ca.1544) Colored version of KZ9.