Accession number
PML 84705
Creator
Seeltzelln, David.
Published
Ulm, 1608.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1983.
Notes
Identified as David Seltzlin, born between 1536 and 1540, died 1609. He was a school mathematics teacher and cartographer in his home city of Ulm.
A chronology written on vellum strips attached to a turned and painted wooden handle in wooden case; 35 cm Stored in blue cloth case.
Text written in red or black ink, with numbers representing date.
In verse.
Probably made for the maker's patron, Hans Christoph von Vöhlin, a member of the city council of Ulm.
In Ulm, this format is popularly called, "Fliegenwedel" or "fly-whisk."
A chronology written on vellum strips attached to a turned and painted wooden handle in wooden case; 35 cm Stored in blue cloth case.
Text written in red or black ink, with numbers representing date.
In verse.
Probably made for the maker's patron, Hans Christoph von Vöhlin, a member of the city council of Ulm.
In Ulm, this format is popularly called, "Fliegenwedel" or "fly-whisk."
Description
35 cm
Provenance
Hans Christoph von Vöhlin; from the 1930s, A.S.W. Rosenbach, John Fleming, booksellers.
Binding
None. Wooden case withiin blue cloth case.
Classification
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