The Oxford companion to the year: [an exploration of calendar customs and time-reckoning]

"This unique and scholarly work invesitagates the layers of historical significance, the mathematical patterns, and the literary inspiration associated with the calender year. It is in two parts: the first is a day-by-day guide to the year revealing the significance of each day...the second is...

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Hauptverfasser: Blackburn, Bonnie J. 1939- (VerfasserIn), Holford-Strevens, Leofranc 1946- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford [u.a.] Oxford Univ. Press 2003
Ausgabe:Reprint. with corrections
Schlagworte:
Zusammenfassung:"This unique and scholarly work invesitagates the layers of historical significance, the mathematical patterns, and the literary inspiration associated with the calender year. It is in two parts: the first is a day-by-day guide to the year revealing the significance of each day...the second is a more detailed exploration of time-reckoning, with a discussion of current and historical systems for measuring time and the principles of calculation for moveable feasts." -- from book jacket.
Beschreibung:XVII, 937 S. Ill.
ISBN:9780192142313
0192142313