Mapping time : the calendar and its history / E.G. Richards.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998Description: xxi, 438 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0198504136
  • 9780198504139
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
The calendar in theory -- The calendars of the world -- Calendar conversions -- Easter -- Appendices.
Summary: With background history on astronomy and the history of writing and counting as well as methods for converting dates in one calendar to another, this volume provides a useful overview of how calendars were invented and their subsequent development.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room CE11 .R53 1998 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000043410

Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-428) and index.

The calendar in theory -- The calendars of the world -- Calendar conversions -- Easter -- Appendices.

With background history on astronomy and the history of writing and counting as well as methods for converting dates in one calendar to another, this volume provides a useful overview of how calendars were invented and their subsequent development.

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