Replica Bavarian reckoning cloth, German, 16th century.

Made:
1501-1600; 1972 in Germany
Replica of a counting cloth by  Schaarschmidt,C., Germany, 1972 Replica of a counting cloth by  Schaarschmidt,C., Germany, 1972 Replica of a counting cloth by  Schaarschmidt,C., Germany, 1972 Replica of a counting cloth

Creative Commons LicenseThis image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Licence

Buy this image as a print 

Buy

License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library

License

Creative Commons LicenseThis image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Licence

Buy this image as a print 

Buy

License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library

License

Creative Commons LicenseThis image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Licence

Buy this image as a print 

Buy

License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library

License

Creative Commons LicenseThis image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Licence

Buy this image as a print 

Buy

License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library

License

Replica of a counting cloth by Schaarschmidt,C., Germany, 1972
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Replica of a counting cloth by Schaarschmidt,C., Germany, 1972
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Replica of a counting cloth by Schaarschmidt,C., Germany, 1972
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Replica of a counting cloth
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Replica of a counting cloth

Replica of a Bavarian counting cloth, 16th century. The original cloth is preserved at the Bavarian National Museum in Munich. Reckoning cloths were used as portable substitutes for counting boards. The letters on the cloth stand for various denominations of Bavarian currency.

Details

Category:
Mathematics
Object Number:
1972-229
Materials:
washed wool, cotton (textile), silk, wood (unidentified) and steel (metal)
Measurements:
overall: 10 mm x 705 mm x 450 mm, 1.75 kg
type:
counting cloth
credit:
Schaarschmidt, C.