medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Bill East wrote:
> John Briggs wrote:
>> Phyllis Jestice wrote:
>>>
>>> Today (19. May) is the feast day of:
>>>
>>> Dunstan
>>
>> In the Sarum calendar, a Simple feast with double Invitatory, and three
>> lessons at Matins if in Eastertide - which by my calculation it is. But
>> surely it would *always* be in Eastertide?
>
> I am surprised, O man of Sarum, that even the Sarum calendar would
> suppose that time after Pentecost fell in Eastertide. One might as
> well say that Advent fell in Christmastide, or January in August.
The analogies given are particularly crass - because they are impossible.
By contrast, the various definitions of Eastertide have it extending to
Ascension Day, Pentecost or Trinity Sunday. As far as I can tell, the Sarum
calendar used the last definition - and it may well have been the commonest
medieval usage.
John Briggs
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