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[Almanac 1496]

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Description: Almanac in German for the year 1496. Text begins: Als man zelt nach Christi vnsers herren geburt. Mcccc.xcvj. wyrt ein schalt jar ... Printed in red and black. Imperfect: first 61 lines out of 64 only; torn, with some loss of text.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: [1495-1496]
Call number: 89414
Provenance: Purchased from Vollbehr, March 23, 1925.
Dimensions: 32+ x 22 cm
Associated people: Hochfeder, Kaspar, (active 1490-1517,)
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[Almanac 1487]

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Almanac in German for 1487; includes information on when to perform bloodletting. Text begins: Im jar als man zalt nach Christi geburt M°cccc°lxxxvii° ... Woodcut banderole in top margin and woodcut border at left. Two astronomical illustrations. Imperfect: torn and repaired along previous center fold, with some loss of text. Previously mounted on a leaf.

89411

[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

[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 1494]

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Almanac in German for 1494. Beginning of text: Als man zelt nach [Christ]i vnsers herr[e]n geburt. Mcccc.xciiij. ... Printed in red and black. Woodcut capital A, astronomical diagrams, and borders along top and left margins.

89410

[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 1496]

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