The Oxford Companion to the Year: An Exploration of Calendar Customs and Time-Reckoning

by Leofranc Holford-Strevens and Bonnie Blackburn

Book Overview

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 Companion to the Year.
The desire to set aside certain periods of time to mark their significance...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192142313
• ISBN13: 9780192142313
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 976 Pages
• Weight: 3.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 6.6" x 9.5"