> >*de tertio > Pasche* 9 Edward III. Does this refer to the third week
>after Easter > Sunday, here 7 May 1340, or to perhaps 3 days after
>Easter? > I'd be extremely grateful for any help- off list so as not
>to clog things up. > Thanks very much, > Kathy
>
>Why off-list? I like to hear the answers to such queries !
>
>
It's not yet help, because I am not familiar with dating formulas in sources
of this specific kind. But in general I would say that the masculine (or
neutrum) "tertio" makes it unlikely that the dating refers to the third
Sunday after Easter. Although "dies" can be either feminine or masculine,
and although I have seen some rare texts using the masculine form "dies
dominicus" for Sunday, nevertheless in medieval liturgical datings the
habitual form for the Sunday (not for days in general) seems to have been
the feminine, esp. when "dies" or "dies dominica" was omitted and only the
numeral was given: the habitual form for the third Sunday/week after Easter
would have been "tertia post pascha" or "dominica tertia post pascha". And
the genitive "pasche", too, seems to exclude a reference to the third Sunday
after Easter.
So it seems to me that "de tertio pasche" refers to the third day ("de die
tertio") of Easter (Tuesday, 18 April 1340).
Otfried
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