Back to main Website 2564 Leonhardt THURNEISSER zum THURN. und impletio, oder Erfüllung, der verheissung Leonhardt Thurneissers zum Thurn... welche Zusagung, von jhme zu Berlin, anno 1580. den X. tag Martij (wegen der , oder Explication seines Calenders) zu leisten beschehen... Durch den Authorem selbert zum andern Mal mit Fleiss corrigirt. 4° Nürmberg: [gedruckt zu Leonhard Heussler, in verlag J. Lochners] 1581 Ferguson Wisconsin [Illustrations:- 1. p2 Woodcut. 100x82mm. Portrait of Leonhardt Thurneisser. 2. p3 Woodcut. 156x110mm. A man half-knight and half-philosopher with a lance in one hand and a book in the other stands on top of a heap of vanquished alchemical opponents. Each of his vanquished enemies carries in one hand a banner with an emblem (a scorpion, double-woman-headed snake, salamander, griffin or winged dragon, spider in its web, coiled snake), and in the other a symbol of the art (armillary sphere, tongs, book, flask, alembic, etc.) Between pages 26 and 39 is a theological calendar, with the Saints days, and the verses from the old and new testaments relevant for each day. 3. Inserted after p76. Engraving. 132x57mm. The characters of a "Sirisch" i.e. Syrian, language. Between pages 112 and 123 is an astrological calendar showing correspondences for each day of each of the signs.]