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Almanac and calendar, with thunder prognostications (MS M.941.1-3).

Accession number
MS M.941.1-3
Object title
Almanac and calendar, with thunder prognostications (MS M.941.1-3).
Display Date
1433.
Created
England, 1433.
Credit line
Purchased on the Harper Fund, 1969.
Description
3 leaves : vellum, ill. ; 132 x 1561 mm
Provenance
Eustace F. Bosanquet; Martin Breslauer.
Notes
Ms. almanac and calendar; written and decorated in England in 1433.
3 vellum pieces comprising 38 sections when folded, previously in roll form: fol.1 - 14 compartments, 132 x 586 mm; fol. 2 - 12 compartments, 132 x 490 mm; fol. 3 - 12 compartments, 132 x 485 mm.
Calendar for November and December only.
Decoration: 1 Vein Man diagram with signs of the Zodiac; 1 circular diagram with God at center; 12 pictures illustrating the months of the year, with thunder prognostications; 2 calendars, for November and December, with busts of the saints; 2 Occupations of the Months (November and December); 13 historical events with illustrations.
The almanac is important because of its resemblance to the only known English xylographic almanac--Cf. Sixteenth report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969-1971.
Script
textura
Language
Middle English
Century
Classification