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[Almanac 1499]

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Description: Almanac in German for the year 1499. Text begins: Auff das Lxxxxix Jare der minderñ zale. Yst dise tafel gemacht uñ ist dye gulde zal .xviij. ... Text includes a list of moveable feasts, new and full moons (Feb. 1499-Jan. 1500), bloodletting calendar (55 entries, Jan.-Dec. 1499); dates are identified in relation to feasts of the church. Printed in red and black; 60 lines, lines 10-60 in double columns.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: [1498?]
Call number: 89417
Provenance: Purchased from Vollbehr, March 23, 1925.
Dimensions: 43 x 29 cm
Associated people: Pfeyl, Johann, (-1523,)
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[Almanac 1490]

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Almanac in German for Bamberg for the year 1490. Text begins: Auf das .XC. iare minder zale ist dise tafel newer vnd voller monde in der loblichen stadt Bamberg gemacht ... Printed in red and black. Woodcut border along top and left edges; red woodcut initial at beginning of text; two woodcuts of eclipses in bottom margin. Imperfect: first 40 lines out of 71 lines only; torn and repaired, with some loss of text and woodcut border.

89413

[Almanac 1487, for Nuremberg]

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Almanac for Nuremberg for the year 1487; includes information on when to perform bloodletting. Imperfect: trimmed along edges, with loss of first 12 lines and some text along left edge. Printed in red and black. Includes two woodcut illustrations depicting lunar and solar eclipses.

89402

[Almanac 1489]

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Almanac in German for the year 1489. Text begins: In dem als man zalt nach Cristi geburt .Mcccclxxxix iar ist .d. son[n]tag büchstab ... Woodcut banderole in top margin and woodcut border on left. Border hand-colored in green and yellow, banderole touched with yellow Imperfect: first 37 lines only out of 70 (measures 21 x 28 cm), trimmed along left margin with some loss of border.

89412

Portolan chart ; Nautical almanac, French : [cartographic material] : [manuscript]

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Part 1. f. 1. [Guillaume Brouscon]. [Portolan chart]. Latin. World chart, which includes America and a large "Terra Java" (Australia?). Chart was originally folded and bound into front of the accompanying volume (here as Part 2 of this description) by an extension which bears a coat of arms. Part 2. ff. 1-20v. [Guillaume Brouscon]. [Nautical almanac]. Latin. ff. 1-4v, Tide tables in circular diagrams; f. 5, Diagram of the Rule of the North Star combined with the Rule to Raise or Lay 1° of Latitude; f. 5v, Chart of coast of northern Spain and western France showing ports linked to compass rose by weaving lines to indicate tides; f. 6, Chart of north coast of France, Flanders, Germany and Denmark with weaving lines as on preceding chart; f. 6v, Chart of England and Scotland with weaving lines as on preceding charts; f. 7, Chart of Ireland with weaving lines as on preceding charts; ff. 7v-8, Calendar of moveable feasts; ff. 8v-11, Vertical calendar of fixed feasts; f. 11v, Compass card; f. 12r-v, Star clock; ff. 13-20v, Solar declination tables for 4 year cycle.

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[Almanac 1483]

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Almanac in Latin for the year 1483; includes information on when to perform bloodletting. Text begins: Anno domini millesimo cccclxxxiii aureus numerus ii ciclus solaris viii littera ... Printed in red and black. Imperfect: all after line 33 lacking.

89408

[Almanac 1479]

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Almanac in German for 1479; includes information on when to perform bloodletting. Woodcut banderole on top and border on left; three illustrations of an eclipse. Imperfect: stained and torn, subsequently repaired and mounted, with some loss of text.

89407

[Almanac 1499]

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