![]() ![]() This woodcut not only conveyed relevant information about the coming year, so recycling them would be difficult, it also linked visually the calendar to the printed judicia or annual prognostication for that year. In this case, Mars and Venus are rulers of the year, and there is lunar eclipse in Pisces. Detail of the astrological woodcut at the bottom of the calendar. A common exception to this practice was the woodcut at the bottom of the calendar that usually depicted the rulers of the year and any eclipse that might occur that year. On this calendar for 1513, the woodcuts across the top show the Nativity (including the Star of Bethlehem) and the magi. On most calendars, however, these woodcuts seemed merely decoration and were almost certainly recycled by the printer. In some cases, such as Tannstetter’s wall calendar for 1517, the woodcuts were related to the heavens. The calendars were always adorned with woodcuts across the top and down the sides. Detail of the top woodcut showing the Nativity scene on the left and the scene of the magi on the right. ![]() A handy legend graced the top of most calendars, explaining the common system of symbols used to denote these various activities. These calendars offered a range of astrologically useful information, e.g., the place of the moon for every day of the year, phases of the moon (new, first quarter, full, last quarter), good and mediocre times to let blood, when to take medicines, to bathe, to wean children, and when to plant or sow seeds. His name and reputation was also attached to a few calendars printed for more distant cities. Most of his calendars were calculated for Vienna, where he was a master at the university at first in the liberal arts faculty and later in the medical faculty. 1513a.įrom about 1505 until the late 1520s Georg Tannstetter produced astrological wall calendars like this one, often in both Latin and German. The middle portion of the calendar has been lost. This calendar, like thousands other like it, has suffered through the centuries. The top and bottom sections of Georg Tannstetter’s astrological wall calendar for 1513. ![]()
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