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M-373

Calendar: Perpetual

Round box with perpetual calendar on top and bottom. Inside plain. Very similar to M-376. Labeled in Italian. Probably designed to store an Augsburg-type dial within it. Possibly made in Augsburg for an Italian patron. recto--box cover. Days of month (1-31) on silvered disk; notched volvelle with running leaf decoration; initials of weekdays along notch; age of moon (1-29.5); silver volvelle with pointer; aperture showing lunar phases and stars; aspectarium. verso--notched and pierced volvelle for festivals and feast days which appear on silver disk beneath. Months and number of days; dates of festivals in German; zodiacal constellation image; lengths of day and night; times of sunrise and sunset; tendrils. Foliate arabesques.

"ALMANACO PERPETVO" recto

"FEST IMMOBILI" verso

gilt brass, silver

Italy or Germany

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Height			1.8
Width			6.6
Depth			6.6
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