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Title
The month of March in an Amsterdam office almanac, 1671
Creator
Zaagman, Gillis Joosten (auteur/author), Kemp, Mattheus (drukker/printer)
Year
1671
Type
tekstbladzijde handschrift, page manuscript
Measurements
19,6 x 31 cm.
Related term
almanakken, kalenders, gebruikerssporen
Period
17e eeuw
Classification
D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst, M0: Algemene werken: encyclopedieën, almanakken
Content
Office almanacs, primarily used by merchants and retailers, had blanc spaces for writing notes and were therefore the predecessors of the modern diaries. Nevertheless, most notes in the almanacs that have survived seem to have been made by chance or at random. There is by no means a relationship with the calendar. In the almanac shown here from the wine seller Isaak Pool notes have been made for March 1671 relating to a death in March 1674. The period of use of an almanac was therefore longer than just one year.
Original
Zaagman, Gillis Joosten : Groote comptoir almanach op't iaer ons Heeren Iesu Christi, M.DC.LXXI. Na de nieuwe- en oude-stijl. Amsterdam, Mattheus Kemp, knecht van 't wijn-koopers gildt, 1671, februari.
available in
Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 122 D 4:1671
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Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek
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Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek