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SUPPLEMENT.
duced, for the first time, a fount of letter which strongly resembles
what, in the present day, we call Cliancery Hand! Recommending the
reader to examine the pages of Schwarz, for some collateral, but
interesting, information conneeted with this impression, we proceed to
a description of the copy of it before us.
At the first glance this little volume assumes an interesting aspect,
from the skill and variety of its typographical execution. Throughout
the Calendar of tlie Months, in each part, on the recto of each leaf,
we observe the same ornamental KL, by way of a running title, and
the introduction of certain words, printed in red, with no ordinary
skill. The figures thi’oughout are the rude Arabic ; but those which
we observe on the reverse of each leaf, are introduced in red ink, by
the pen. The recto of the first leaf is blank. On the reverse com-
mences the Calendar, or rather Almanack, with the years 1475,
1494, 1513, at top. On the recto of the opposite leaf, the month
of January, with the Saints Days, and Solar and Lunar motions therein,
are introduced. This calendar necessarily occupies 1*2 leaves : ofi the
reverse of the 12th, is ‘Tabvla Regionvm/ Next follow the Eclifses
of the Moon, with the running dates of 1475 to 1530: in the whole,
5 leaves. The subject is illustrated by wood-cuts, shewing the degrees
of eclipse. The next ieaf, being a very thick one, has a wood-cut on
each side of it: tliat on the recto is entitled * Jnstrvmentvm
Horarvm Inaeovalivm’—on the reverse, ‘ Instrvmentvm Veri
Motvs Lunae. Minve.’ The latter has two circular pieces of paper
in the centre, which move as the reader pleases : beneath, we observe
the word *. Adde.’ The remaining 12 leaves treat of the following
subjects: De Aureo Numero : De Cyclo Solari et Littera Dominicali:
De lntervallo et Festis Mobilibus: Tabula Festorum Mobilium: * De
Conjunctionibus ac Oppositionibus Luminarium: De Eclipsibus Luminarium:
De Loco Solis Vero: Tabula Solis: De Loco Lunae vero: Tabula
Radicum Lunce : De Magnitudine Diei: Tabula Quantitatis Dierum : De
Horologio Horizontali: De Noticia Horarum Aequinoctialium : De Horis
Temporalibus: concluding with a table entitled ‘ Dies Pascalis’ from
the year 1477 to 1531. At the bottom we read
DVCTV IOANNIS DE MONTEREGIO.
The following and last leaf contains two other cuts, printed on paper
* Prefixed to this table, is a piece of paper, printed in the same type as that of the
work, and pasted on: containing ‘ a caution in case of leap year,’
SUPPLEMENT.
duced, for the first time, a fount of letter which strongly resembles
what, in the present day, we call Cliancery Hand! Recommending the
reader to examine the pages of Schwarz, for some collateral, but
interesting, information conneeted with this impression, we proceed to
a description of the copy of it before us.
At the first glance this little volume assumes an interesting aspect,
from the skill and variety of its typographical execution. Throughout
the Calendar of tlie Months, in each part, on the recto of each leaf,
we observe the same ornamental KL, by way of a running title, and
the introduction of certain words, printed in red, with no ordinary
skill. The figures thi’oughout are the rude Arabic ; but those which
we observe on the reverse of each leaf, are introduced in red ink, by
the pen. The recto of the first leaf is blank. On the reverse com-
mences the Calendar, or rather Almanack, with the years 1475,
1494, 1513, at top. On the recto of the opposite leaf, the month
of January, with the Saints Days, and Solar and Lunar motions therein,
are introduced. This calendar necessarily occupies 1*2 leaves : ofi the
reverse of the 12th, is ‘Tabvla Regionvm/ Next follow the Eclifses
of the Moon, with the running dates of 1475 to 1530: in the whole,
5 leaves. The subject is illustrated by wood-cuts, shewing the degrees
of eclipse. The next ieaf, being a very thick one, has a wood-cut on
each side of it: tliat on the recto is entitled * Jnstrvmentvm
Horarvm Inaeovalivm’—on the reverse, ‘ Instrvmentvm Veri
Motvs Lunae. Minve.’ The latter has two circular pieces of paper
in the centre, which move as the reader pleases : beneath, we observe
the word *. Adde.’ The remaining 12 leaves treat of the following
subjects: De Aureo Numero : De Cyclo Solari et Littera Dominicali:
De lntervallo et Festis Mobilibus: Tabula Festorum Mobilium: * De
Conjunctionibus ac Oppositionibus Luminarium: De Eclipsibus Luminarium:
De Loco Solis Vero: Tabula Solis: De Loco Lunae vero: Tabula
Radicum Lunce : De Magnitudine Diei: Tabula Quantitatis Dierum : De
Horologio Horizontali: De Noticia Horarum Aequinoctialium : De Horis
Temporalibus: concluding with a table entitled ‘ Dies Pascalis’ from
the year 1477 to 1531. At the bottom we read
DVCTV IOANNIS DE MONTEREGIO.
The following and last leaf contains two other cuts, printed on paper
* Prefixed to this table, is a piece of paper, printed in the same type as that of the
work, and pasted on: containing ‘ a caution in case of leap year,’