medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Depending on Grotefend,Taschenbuch der Zeitrechnung
available under http://www.manuscripta-mediaevalia.de/gaeste/grotefend/grotefend.htm
1147 - in our sense, whenever you want (ore the writer of a diploma wants, that depends) to begin it -
March 2nd was Esto mihi
March 5th was Ash Wednesday (caput jejunii)
and
April 20th was easter day.
Yours
Karl
Am 02.01.2012 um 19:37 schrieb Christopher Crockett:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> i'm trying to determine the date of Ash Wednesday in 1147 (if there even
> *were* an Ash Wednesday, en ces temps là) --or, at least, the date of
> Quadragesima Sunday in that year.
>
> being thoroughly Cultishly Challenged, i turned to this site
>
> http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/easter/easter_text2a.htm
>
> entered "1147" in the appropriate box, only to discover that the Easter date i
> was content to arrive at ("30 March") was according to "Gregorian reckoning"
> --which i take to mean "New Style" and was, thus, not applicable.
>
> but the "Julian Reckoning" date of 20 April is too late for my purposes (i
> need for the first week of Lent in 1147 to fall sometime on or before 16
> February).
>
> or, perhaps, my date of 16 February (which comes from a modern secondary
> source) is, itself "Old Style"?
>
> is this true?
>
> not desiring to simply give up on the Quite Wonderful Mare's Nest which i am
> in process of constructing (out of sand on a beech at low tide), i'm wondering
> what it might take to get the date of Easter, 1147 changed so that it suits my
> needs.
>
> can Bennie16 do it on his own, or would he have to have the backing of an
> Ecumenical Council?
>
> or is it like a Kennedy family divorce, and all i have to do is to drop a
> substantial enough contribution into the collection plate?
>
> c
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