Booklet with perpetual calendar in silver... - Lot 94 - Giquello

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Booklet with perpetual calendar in silver... - Lot 94 - Giquello
Booklet with perpetual calendar in silver chased and engraved decorated with five leaves. Dish decorated with foliage, two birds and sprays of fruit surrounding a rotating disk indicating the days of the week in German language and their symbol bordered by the inscription CALENDARIUM * PERPETUUM. On the reverse side, there are five columns: the months surmounted by their number of days, the religious holidays, the signs of the zodiac, the average length of days and nights, the sunrise and sunset times for each month. Spine made of twisted laurel leaves. Germany, around 1700. Height : 11 cm - Width : 6,8 cm - Gross weight : 113,4 g Equipped with a stylus allowing the closing of the binding. A comparable example is illustrated in Cat. Expo. "Für Baden gerettet: Erwerbungen des Badischen Landesmuseums 1995 aus den Sammlungen der Markgrafen und Grossherzöge von Baden, Badischen Landesmuseums Karlsruhe from March 13 to June 9, 1996, p. 60-61 no. 30.
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