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<dl><dd>Three sheets joined on linen mount</dd>
<dd>Print with letters: Auth. Iohan Babtista [Gro]ssschedel ab Aicha; Io. Theodore de Bry excudeb.; Thico Brahae inuentor 1582</dd>
<dd>Print lacking date, attributed to Matthaeus Merian after images and text by Johann Baptist Grossschedel von Aicha</dd>
<dd>Cf. Gilly: the reference to Tycho Brahe as inventor implies only that the Calendarium imitates the method employed by the Danish astronomer</dd>
<dd>Ref.: Magic, alchemy and science 15th-18th centuries : the influence of Hermes Trismegistus, ed. Carlos Gilly, Cis van Heertum. Florence: Centro Di, 2002; The magical calendar: a synthesis of magical symbolism from the seventeenth century renaissance of medieval occultism, ed. Adam McLean. Edinburgh: Magnum Opus, Hermetic Sourceworks, 1979</dd>
<dd>The print depicts and describes a hermetic universe, with fourteen horizontal parts, each subdivided vertically into a number of sections connecting with others. The print incorporates alchemical, astrological and mystical elements</dd>
<dd>Assessed: Condition report in research file;</dd>
<dd>mlan</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Alchemy; Zodiac; Magic</div>
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<dl><dd>Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650, engraver</dd>
<dd>Grossschedel von Aicha, Johann Baptist, author</dd>
<dd>Brahe, Tycho, 1546-1601, printer</dd></dl></div>
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