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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture --- Erik Drigsdahl <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > In York was it St. Valentines day today (Monday), at > least in the 1530'ies (!) Hi Erik The York liturgical books of the '30s (and, indeed, before and after) are unanimous in ascribing St Valentine to the 14th February, not the 13th. Books of hours are, however, not liturgical, and are places to tread warily. The calendar 'snip' you gave lists the following, who do not appear anywhere in the Use of York liturgy: > c 7 Sancti Auguli > d 8 Pauli episcopi > e 9 Apolonie virginis > g 11 Sancti Severini > c 14 Sancti licinij episcopi > d 15 Sancti Faustini et Iouite > f 17 Policarpi episcopi > g 18 Symeonis epi. & mart. > b 20 Mildrede virginis If you check further on, Wordsworth also lists for March items such as: 17 Intravit Noe in Archam 23 Adam creatus est which are clearly non-liturgical; indeed, most of his listings for March similarly do not appear anywhere in the liturgical books. The kalendars given in Horae are purely devotional and compiled according to the interests of the compiler in providing a saint per day. There is indeed a danger lurking, but it subsists in not recognising which books are not liturgically representative! Wordsworth might have spotted this, had he consulted his own edition of the Breviary... Some years ago I collated the Use of York calendar from all of the printed sources and around 90% of surviving manuscripts. If I can remember where I backed it up to I'll tidy it up and forward it to John to add to his collection. Cheers Rob Durk ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Photos – NEW, now offering a quality print service from just 8p a photo http://uk.photos.yahoo.com ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html