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Divining the world through an artist’s almanac
Amanda Couch's artists book, 'Huwawa in the Everyday: an almanac' is inspired by the entrail like folds of a medieval folding and its function as a guide for astrological divinations linking the body, health and the heavens. Like the original almanac her work is designed to be carried out into the wider world.
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An animated almanac for the modern world
Discover why Thomas Coleman wanted to make a medieval folding almanac relevant to the modern world and see the film for yourself.
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The enigma of the medieval folding almanac
With its combination of rich, portable data and high-end style, this folding almanac could have been the medieval equivalent of the latest iPhone.
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Following the maker’s path into the lost art of medieval embroidery
Textile maker Jacqui Carey unravels the mysteries of medieval embroidery by recreating the materials and techniques for herself, with the help of clues left by the original makers.
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Date: [1581]- Books
Almanac dentistry / David H. Wands.
Wands, David H.Date: 1968- Journals
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Almanac of the city of Lindau, Germany, 1768. Engraving by G.J. Ostertag.
Ostertag, Georg Jacob, active 1738-1785.Date: 1768Reference: 2970874i- Books
Almanac for the year 1386 / Transcribed verbatim from the original antique illuminated manuscript, in the black letter ... Omitting only the monthly calendars and some of the tables. Containing many curious particulars, illustrative of the astronomy, astrology, chronology, history, religious tenets, and theory and practice of medicine of that age.
Date: 1812