The ''Calendarium Naturale Magicum Perpetuum'' is a late renaissance (c.1619-1620)

grimoire A grimoire ( ) (also known as a "book of spells" or a "spellbook") is a textbook of magic, typically including instructions on how to create magical objects like talismans and amulets, how to perform magical spells, charms and divination, and ...

and esoteric print of calendar engravings. Its full title is ''Magnum Grimorium sive Calendarium Naturale Magicum Perpetuum Profundissimam Rerum Secretissimarum Contemplationem Totiusque Philosophiae Cognitionem Complectens''. It is in three sheets, measuring more than four feet long and about two feet wide, and includes an early example of a Pentagrammaton. The "author" in the 1619 (or 1620) Frankfurt print is given as

Johann Baptist Grossschedel Johann Baptist Großschedl von Aicha (5 February 1577 – 1630s) was a German nobleman, alchemist and esoteric author. The German "von Aicha" is a later supposition from the Latin "ab Aicha" on his publications, which may be related to Aiglsbach ...

von Aicha (Frankfurt 1620), and attributes some of the engravings to

Tycho Brahe Tycho Brahe ( ; born Tyge Ottesen Brahe; generally called Tycho (14 December 154624 October 1601) was a Danish astronomer, known for his comprehensive astronomical observations, generally considered to be the most accurate of his time. He was k ...

. The original engraver is given as

Theodor de Bry Theodor de Bry (also Theodorus de Bry) (152827 March 1598) was an engraver, goldsmith, Editing, editor and publisher, famous for his depictions of early European colonization of the Americas, European expeditions to the Americas. The Spanish Inq ...

(Flemish-born German engraver, 1528–98) as originally published in 1582. The 1620 engraver used by Grossschedel may be

Matthäus Merian the Elder Matthäus Merian ''der Ältere'' (or "Matthew", "the Elder", or "Sr."; 22 September 1593 – 19 June 1650) was a Swiss-born engraver who worked in Frankfurt for most of his career, where he also ran a publishing house. He was a member of t ...

(Swiss engraver, 1593–1650). The work predated, and influenced, the

Rosicrucian Rosicrucianism is a spiritual and cultural movement that arose in Europe in the early 17th century after the publication of several texts purported to announce the existence of a hitherto unknown esoteric order to the world and made seeking its ...

furor.Arthur Versluis ''Restoring paradise: Western esotericism, literature, art, and ... '' 2004 Page 77 - "Among the first of these, predating the Rosicrucian furor but certainly influencing its later productions, was the ''Calendarium Naturale Magicum Perpetuum Profundissimam Rerum Secretissimarum Contemplationem''

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