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Eclipse calendar – Fragment

Paper · 1 bifolium (in-4o) · 1426 – 1450 CE · Germany (between Würzburg and Bremen?) · 289 x 190 mm

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Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, FRG Y 229

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A single paper bifolium from a quarto containing an eclipse calendar, with diagrams, for 1437-40, likely originating between Würzburg and Bremen, based on October 24 as the feast day for St. Columbans. Repurposed, as a front flyleaf, in the binding of the manuscript Y 229, and now detached.

(Fergus Bovill (2025))

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Fergus Bovill and William Duba 2025
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Online Since
05/27/2025

Eclipse calendar

Paper · 1 bifolium (in-4o) · 1426 – 1450 CE · Germany (between Würzburg and Bremen?) · 289 x 190 mm

F-8rzz

Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, FRG Y 229

Eclipse calendar – Fragment

Paper · 1 bifolium (in-4o) · 1426 – 1450 CE · Germany (between Würzburg and Bremen?) · 289 x 190 mm

F-8rzz

Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, FRG Y 229

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Online Since
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Germany

Role: Origin
Authority Source: Library of Congress

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Role: Provenance
Authority Source: Library of Congress

Eclipse calendar Lunar and solar eclipses visible from central and northern Germany for 1436-1440

F-8rzz

Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, FRG Y 229

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Eclipse calendar, Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, FRG Y 229