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Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
xvii, 937 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
This text includes quotations from literature, letters, and diary extracts, even recipes, to illustrate the meaning of the calendar throughout history. The bulk of the book consists of a January-December listing, divided by month and then by day. Each month begins with information, for example, etymology of the name and quotations, dealing with the month in general, and each day contains information on holidays and anniversaries, saints and their...
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