The Oxford Companion to the Year An Exploration of Calendar Customs and Time-reckoning
, by Blackburn, Bonnie; Holford-Strevens, Leofranc
- ISBN: 9780192142313 | 0192142313
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 2/17/2000
What are the halcyon days? On what date do the dog days begin? How do Chinese, Muslim, Mesoamerican, Jewish, and Babylonian calendars differ from Christian calendars? The answers to these and hundreds of other intriguing questions about the way humans have marked and measured time over the millennia can be found in "The Oxford Companion to the Year." of illustrations.
Bonnie Blackburn is General Editor of the series Monuments of Renaissance Music and a member of the Faculty of Music at Oxford University. Leofranc Holford-Strevens is a classicist and desk-editor with Oxford University Press. He is the author of Aulus Gellius. Both authors live in the United Kingdom.
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| Abbreviations | xix | ||||
| PART I: Calendar Customs | |||||
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3 | (55) | |||
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58 | (42) | |||
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100 | (40) | |||
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140 | (40) | |||
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180 | (51) | |||
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231 | (43) | |||
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274 | (40) | |||
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314 | (41) | |||
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355 | (42) | |||
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397 | (41) | |||
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438 | (42) | |||
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480 | (65) | |||
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545 | (15) | |||
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548 | (2) | |||
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550 | (3) | |||
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553 | (4) | |||
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557 | (3) | |||
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560 | (3) | |||
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563 | (3) | |||
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566 | (17) | |||
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566 | (1) | |||
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566 | (2) | |||
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568 | (1) | |||
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569 | (1) | |||
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569 | (1) | |||
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570 | (1) | |||
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571 | (4) | |||
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575 | (2) | |||
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577 | (1) | |||
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578 | (1) | |||
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578 | (1) | |||
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579 | (2) | |||
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581 | (2) | |||
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583 | (14) | |||
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583 | (4) | |||
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587 | (1) | |||
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588 | (1) | |||
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589 | (6) | |||
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595 | (2) | |||
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597 | (41) | |||
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598 | (3) | |||
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601 | (1) | |||
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602 | (3) | |||
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605 | (3) | |||
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608 | (7) | |||
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615 | (6) | |||
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621 | (4) | |||
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625 | (3) | |||
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628 | (1) | |||
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629 | (2) | |||
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631 | (2) | |||
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633 | (1) | |||
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633 | (2) | |||
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635 | (1) | |||
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635 | (1) | |||
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636 | (1) | |||
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636 | (1) | |||
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636 | (1) | |||
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636 | (2) | |||
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638 | (11) | |||
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640 | (3) | |||
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643 | (1) | |||
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644 | (1) | |||
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645 | (4) | |||
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649 | (12) | |||
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650 | (1) | |||
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651 | (1) | |||
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651 | (1) | |||
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652 | (2) | |||
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654 | (7) | |||
| PART II: Calendars and Chronology | |||||
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661 | (8) | |||
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661 | (1) | |||
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662 | (1) | |||
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663 | (1) | |||
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664 | (1) | |||
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664 | (1) | |||
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665 | (1) | |||
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666 | (1) | |||
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666 | (1) | |||
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667 | (2) | |||
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669 | (8) | |||
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669 | (1) | |||
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670 | (2) | |||
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672 | (2) | |||
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674 | (1) | |||
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675 | (2) | |||
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677 | (5) | |||
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677 | (1) | |||
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678 | (2) | |||
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680 | (1) | |||
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681 | (1) | |||
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682 | (11) | |||
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682 | (1) | |||
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683 | (5) | |||
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688 | (1) | |||
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689 | (3) | |||
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692 | (1) | |||
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693 | (3) | |||
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696 | (12) | |||
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705 | (3) | |||
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708 | (4) | |||
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708 | (1) | |||
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709 | (1) | |||
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709 | (1) | |||
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710 | (2) | |||
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712 | (5) | |||
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712 | (1) | |||
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713 | (1) | |||
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714 | (1) | |||
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714 | (1) | |||
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715 | (1) | |||
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715 | (1) | |||
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716 | (1) | |||
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717 | (5) | |||
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722 | (9) | |||
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722 | (1) | |||
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723 | (8) | |||
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731 | (8) | |||
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735 | (3) | |||
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738 | (1) | |||
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739 | (12) | |||
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739 | (1) | |||
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739 | (1) | |||
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740 | (1) | |||
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741 | (1) | |||
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742 | (3) | |||
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745 | (1) | |||
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746 | (3) | |||
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749 | (2) | |||
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751 | (11) | |||
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752 | (5) | |||
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757 | (2) | |||
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759 | (3) | |||
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762 | (10) | |||
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762 | (1) | |||
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763 | (2) | |||
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765 | (3) | |||
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768 | (4) | |||
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772 | (11) | |||
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772 | (6) | |||
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778 | (5) | |||
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783 | (8) | |||
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783 | (1) | |||
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784 | (3) | |||
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787 | (1) | |||
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788 | (1) | |||
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789 | (2) | |||
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791 | (10) | |||
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791 | (1) | |||
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792 | (2) | |||
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794 | (2) | |||
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796 | (1) | |||
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797 | (1) | |||
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797 | (1) | |||
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798 | (1) | |||
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799 | (1) | |||
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799 | (2) | |||
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801 | (28) | |||
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801 | (2) | |||
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803 | (6) | |||
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809 | (8) | |||
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817 | (12) | |||
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829 | (4) | |||
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831 | (2) | |||
| APPENDICES | 833 | (46) | |||
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833 | (3) | |||
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836 | (5) | |||
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841 | (3) | |||
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844 | (2) | |||
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846 | (2) | |||
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848 | (10) | |||
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858 | (4) | |||
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862 | (6) | |||
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868 | (2) | |||
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870 | (6) | |||
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876 | (3) | |||
| Glossary | 879 | (5) | |||
| Sources and Bibliography | 884 | (17) | |||
| Index | 901 |
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