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Yearly calendars were a massproduced article in early modern times and had an enormous importance in everyday life. Besides a first part, the Calendariumwith the monthly tables, they contain a second part, the astrological Prognosticum. At first, the two parts were sold separately. In the second half of the 17th century, the parts were designed as a unity and sold together. The calendars in quart format contain texts which are so interesting that historical research should give them more consideration. Such a text is found, e.g., in the second part of the calendar for 1611, written by Paul Nagel, astronomer and rector of the school in Torgau. Nagel informs about Galileis discoveries with the telescope. The Latin text was written in August 1610. This text is presented and put into perspective in the scientific debates of the time about the telescope as a new invention with consequences to philosophy © 2009 WILEYVCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim |
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