Oxford Book of Days

Name: Oxford Book of Days
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ISBN: 9780198662600

ISBN-10: 0198662602

ISBN-13: 9780198662600

Edition: 2000

Authors: Bonnie Blackburn, Leofranc Holford-Strevens

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What are the halcyon days? On what date do the dog days begin? What is Hansel Monday? 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 Book of Days. In the tradition of almanacs and Chambers' original Book of Days, the authors here have collected a rich body of historical fact, legend, lore, and literature for each day of the year. But this astonishing range of information is blended with wit and scholarship to provide an authoritative, beautifully referenced work. Beginning…

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List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/7/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 600
Size: 5.30" wide x 8.20" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 1.606
Language: English

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.



Prelims: Preface


Acknowledgements


Table of Contents


List of Abbreviations


January-December listing (each month begins with a general section on thatmonth, followed by a day-by-day listing)


Seasons


Months


The Week


Days