Accession No

1125

Brief Description

clog almanac, English, 17th Century

Origin

England

Maker

Class

horology

Earliest Date

1600

Latest Date

1700

Inscription Date

Material

wood; paper

Dimensions

length 488mm; breadth 50mm; depth 50mm

Special Collection

Provenance

On loan from St. John’s College, University of Cambridge from 08/1951.

Inscription

‘St John’s Coll.
Camb.’ (paper label on one end)

Description Notes

clog almanac, English, 17th . Four-sided wooden bar, edges of bar notched to show the days, each 7th notch being larger than the rest to facilitate reckoning in weeks. First day of each month shown by a small hole in the centre of the notch (may formerly have held a brass pin). The holes on the end indicate which quarter of the year that side shows.

Each face of the bar bears carved symbols, above the appropriate notches, to denote the feast-days during a quarter of the year. There are also devices to indicate the Golden Numbers (one of which denotes the days of full moon throughout any particular year); they are shown in a condensed form of Roman numeral.

[For descriptions of the signs and explanations, see the history file.]

Condition good; complete

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