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Schreiber, Heinrich (Mathematiker): Ein new künstlich ... Rechenbüchlin, Erffurdt 1523 [VD16 S 4142]

Times table, circa 1523
Measuring stick or 5's table?
Explaining how to convert fractions to the same base number to be able to subract and add.




Distillery book from 1500.
Brunschwig, Hieronymus: Hie anfahen ist das Buch genant Liber de arte distillandi, von der Künst der Distillierung, Straßburg, 1500.05.08 [BSB-Ink B-932 - GW 5595]

Beginning of the equipment section
Beginning of Recipe section



Another distillery book, from 1545
Ryff, Walther Hermann: Das new groß Distillierbuch, Frankfurt, 1545 [VD16 R 3978]

A 7 pot still station
Different pot shapes

Amazing to see how much the equipment progressed in 45 years between the 1500 book and this one!


Two books, one printed in Augsburg in 1490 and one in Ulm in 1498, with identical woodcuts. They are Calendars (with daily saints), Almanacs and Astrology books. Each month has the calendar of days, the saints for each day, and a set of vignettes of activities for each month.

This one is in b/w, Kalender, iatromathematisches Hausbuch, Augsburg 1490.11.22. [BSB-Ink K-6 - GW M16025]

This one is in color Kalender, Iatromathematisches Hausbuch, Ulm, 1498 [BSB-Ink K-9 - GW M16032]

January: Sitting at table
February: Warming the feet and hands in front of the fire, with sausages hanging over a rod to dry
August: Woman cutting wheat with a sickle

The start of the astrology section, with a couple of interesting instruments, pg 57, pg 58
The parts of the body governed by each sign

Treatments for various conditions, Melencholia the picture looks like depression to me
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