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Dear Tehmina, Welcome to the wonderful world of medieval dating systems. The word epacta or epacta lunaris can be found in the very handy C.R. Cheney, ed. *Handbook of Dates for Students of English History*, p. 8. It was a system of calculating the date of Easter. Cheney explains all. Good luck and take out your calculator! Carolyn Dr Carolyn Muessig Department of Theology and Religious Studies University of Bristol Bristol BS8 1TB UK phone: +44(0)117-928-8168 fax: +44(0)117-929-7850 e-mail: [log in to unmask] On Mon, 26 Apr 1999, Tehmina Bhote wrote: > During my research into the Barese chronicles, I came > across an entry which had *Epacta 29* in the Latin and > *Epatta 19* in the Italian translation of it but can no > where find what this means. > > Any offers? > > Thanks, > Tehmina. > > ---------------------- > Tehmina Bhote > University of Southampton > [log in to unmask] > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%