medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
I never, never expected this list to consider the same problems as the
Ringing Chat list which is currently agonising on How To Calculate Easter.
Anne
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From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious
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Subject: Re: [M-R] Easter Calculation Table
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
There
> are six columns.
>
> 1) number of days in the month
> 2) golden numbers
> 3) ????
> 4) dominical letters
> 5) ????
> 6) "sign or symbol letters"
Could Column 3 be the EPACT ? It is in my copy of the Book of Common
Prayer. I expect someone else can explain EPACTS - I do have some notes
somewhere but I think they relate to a 15 year astronomical cycle of some
sort.
Brenda.
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