Message
There
is an interesting Javascript calendar applet at http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/khagen/ that
computes historical dates, listing each day's name in the old Roman dating
system as well as identifying the various feast days for the Western
Churches/Roman Catholic/Anglican/Sarum Use/Church of England/U.S.
Episcopal/Eastern Orthodox calendars. It *seems* to take into account not only
the Julian conversion (you can set what country's reckoning to start the
Gregorian calendar from) but also when particular saints entered the liturgical
calendars. I'd love to see what anyone here thinks of it, but as an author who
easily gets confused by medieval/Renaissance dating and timekeeping (for
instance, I am STRUGGLING like crazy with the question of whether Milan's hours
in the Renaissance were standard "Italian" hours, or what, and whether, for
instance, Easter starts at the beginning of the relevant Italian "day", i.e. 8
p.m. the night before in modern reckoning, or how exactly this all works...but
that's another issue! Darned Italian Renaissance people!) I personally find it a
wonderful convenience.
Just a
FYI.
--Sarah Roark
