Almanach ad Annum 1494

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Title

Almanach ad Annum 1494

Abstract

Almanacs were used to record the most propitious days and times for purging, bloodletting, and pharmaceutical manufacture according to astrological and astronomical events. This specimen for the city of Erfurt in 1494 includes woodcuts depicting solar and lunar eclipses.

Creator

Honiger, Jakob, active 1493

Publisher

[Nuremberg : Kaspar Hochfeder, 1493]

Date Created

1493, circa

Is Part Of

Almanac ad annum 1494 f Ballard 378 [Incunabula Collection]

References

View the online <a href="http://hollis.harvard.edu/?itemid=|library/m/aleph|009676740">catalog record</a>

Extent

1 image

Identifier

E2003.1.29

Provenance

Purchased for the Boston Medical Library, 1933

Files

http://stage.collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/file_upload/E2003129.jpg

Citation

Honiger, Jakob, active 1493, “Almanach ad Annum 1494,” OnView, accessed April 26, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/6412.