Practica (astrology)

{{Short description|Type of almanac}}

A practica was an annually printed booklet containing astrological predictions for that year. They were a popular genre of printed work in German-speaking territories from the 15th to the 17th century. Wenzel Faber von Budweis and Johannes Virdung were two leading authors in the genre.{{cite book|author=Jonathan Green|title=Archiv für Geschichte des Buchwesens|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PMQcRPOOSMgC&pg=PA1|accessdate=11 May 2013|volume=67|year=2012|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|isbn=978-3-11-028106-4|pages=1–18|chapter=Printing the future: the origin and development of the "Practica Teütsch" to 1620}}