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Calendarium naturale magicum perpetuum profundissimam rerum secretissimarum contemplationem totiusque Philosophiæ cognitionem complectens [graphic]

by Tycho Brahe, Johann Baptist Grossschedel von Aicha & Matthaeus Merian

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  • 17th century
  • Language: Multiple languages
  • Content type: Primary source
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Three sheets joined on linen mount Print with letters: Auth. Iohan Babtista [Gro]ssschedel ab Aicha; Io. Theodore de Bry excudeb.; Thico Brahae inuentor 1582 Print lacking date, attributed to Matthaeus Merian after images and text by Johann Baptist Grossschedel von Aicha Cf. Gilly: the reference to Tycho Brahe as inventor implies only that the Calendarium imitates the method employed by the Danish astronomer 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 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 Assessed: Condition report in research file; mlan

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism, Astrology, and Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Ritual magic and grimoires

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  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Alchemy”. Retained metadata contains “Alchemy” in the description, “hermetic” in the description, and “Alchemy” in the subject metadata.

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    • “hermetic”· in description
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  • Astrology

    Retained metadata contains “astrological” in the description and “zodiac” in the subject metadata.

    • “astrological”· in description
    • “zodiac”· in subject

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1619-01-01T00:00:00Z[S.l.] : Io. Theodore de BryMultiple languages—Public digitized item

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  • Contributing institution: Getty Research Institute
  • Digitization sponsor: Getty Research Institute
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  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana; gettyalchemy
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