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.

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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The Calendar and its History

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