« Table d'astrologie et almanach a jamais, pour trouver tous les jours quelz signes regnent, la lettre dominicale, le nombre d'or, la Septuagesime, Pasques, les qualitez des signes, pour trouver les jours esleuz pour prendre medecine et seignées ».
A manuscript astrological table and perpetual almanac in French, written by Claude Lenfant in 1572, giving a reader the zodiac signs ruling each day, dominical letters, golden numbers and dates of Easter for finding favourable days for medicine and bloodletting. The single page shows handwritten columns of red and black ink with red capitals, marginal notes and tabular ruling, so a designer might take a sense of dense hand-lettered ledger structure, rubricated headings and cramped script rhythm.
