Wall Calendar for Year 5328 – Constantinople, 1567 - Wall calendar for the Hebrew year 5328. [Constantinople?: Yaavetz?, 1567]. Large calendar for hanging on a wall, printed on one side, in five columns. At the top of the calendar is a printed title, with several sentences highlighting chronograms, Biblical words adding up to the numerical value of the year 5328. Calendar for twelve months, with molad for moon, constellations and astronomical configurations, and order of Torah readings. The fifth (leftmost) column features dates and number of days per month in the secular (”Greek”) calendar, as well as in the Muslim (”Ishmaelite”) calendar. At the top of the rightmost column are general details on the year 5328 (in the solar and lunar cycles), as well as a lengthy chronological list counting the years since various important events: Creation, the birth of Moses, the Exodus, the Giving of the Torah, entering the Land of Israel, the building and destruction of the Temples, the beginnings of various exiles, and more. [1] leaf, 37X29.5 cm. Fair condition. Many stains, some dark. Tears and worming, affecting text, repaired with paper. The chart is comprised of several taped parts supplied from other copies. The location of printing of the calendar is not entirely clear. It was most likely printed in Constantinople, although it may have also been printed in Salonika. See further: I. Mehlman, Genuzot Sefarim, Jerusalem, 1976, p. 107, no. 3; Y. Yudlov, Ginzei Yisrael, Jerusalem, 1985, p. 269, no. 1822. This calendar was given as a gift by the Israeli Embassy in London. Enclosed is a letter on the Embassy's official stationery, signed by an ambassador (possibly Arthur Lourie), dated January 1962, along with a catalogue clipping with a description of the calendar (English). Provenance: Collection of Mozes Heiman Gans.