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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
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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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