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The Almanach Cracoviense ad annum 1474 (Cracovian Almanac for the year 1474) is a single-sheet astronomical calendar for the year 1474 and the oldest known Polish print. This incunabulum, which is also known as the Calendarium Cracoviense (Cracovian Calendar), was published in Kraków in 1473 by Kasper Straube, a traveling Bavarian printer who worked in that city between 1473 and 1476.
Like other almanacs and calendars of its day, the Almanach lists Church holidays and astronomical data, including planetary oppositions and conjuctions. It also provides medical advice, listing the best days for bloodletting depending on the age and illness of the patient. The text of the Almanach is in Latin.
The only surviving copy measures 37 cm by 26.2 cm and is part of the collection of the Jagiellonian University.