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Aureus hic liber est : non est preciosior ulla g ema kalendario : quod docet istud opus : aureus hic numerus, lun[a]e solisq[ue] labores monstrantur facile : cunctaq[ue] signa poli, quotq[ue] sub hoc libro terr[a]e per longa regantur tempora, quisq[ue] dies, mensis, & annus erit : scitur in instanti quecunq[ue] sit hora diei ; hunc emat astrologus qui uelit esse cito

Regiomontanus, Joannes, 1436-1476 · [Venice] : Bernardus Pictor de Augusta, Petrus Loslein de Langencen, Erhardus Ratdolt de Augusta · 7 pictures

An incunabulum calendar and ephemeris by Regiomontanus (Johannes Müller, 1436-1476), printed in Venice around 1476 by Ratdolt and partners for astrologers and navigators. Its pictures are rows of small printed eclipse diagrams with tables of times and durations, plus a horizontal sundial, showing how early printers used woodcut circles and tabular layouts to present astronomical data clearly.

Calendar · Ephemerides · Toy and movable books · Incunabula · Calendar -- Early works to 1800 · Toy and movable books -- Specimens · Incunabula -- Specimens

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