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According to Cappelli, Cronologia, cronografia e calendario perpetuo (15th edn., p. 15), Boniface VIII used Nativity style (i.e. beginning the year on 25 December), which prevailed for the rest of the fourteenth century. That would be for breves; bulls were more likely dated Incarnation style in the Florentine manner (from 25 March following). 1 January was a pagan feast, avoided by the Church as the start of the year until the late sixteenth century. Bonnie Blackburn On Thu, 6 Jul 2000 15:51:05 -0400 Sharon Dale <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Might I prevail upon the seemingly infinite wisdom of listmembers > regarding the calendar used during the Avignon papacy (1308-1378)? > Did the papacy use March 25 as the first day of the year as was > commonly done in Italy, or did the new year begin in January? thanks > much, sharon > _______________________ > Sharon Dale > Associate Professor of Art History > Penn State-Erie, The Behrend College > (814) 898-6208 > ------------------- Bonnie Blackburn 67 St Bernard's Road Oxford OX2 6EJ tel. +44 (0)1865 552808 fax +44 (0)1865 512237 e-mail: [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%