01997pam a2200289 a 4500 282136 BD-DhUL 20170514145816.0 980508s1998 nyua b 001 0 eng 98024957 0198504136 0192862057 282136 DLC eng BD-DhUL BD-DhUL OrLoB-B CE11 .R5 1998 529.3 21 RIM Richards, E. G. (Edward Graham) Mapping time : the calendar and its history / E.G. Richards. New York : Oxford; Oxford University Press, 1998. xxi, 438 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [411]-428) and index. Pt. I. The Calendar in Theory. 1. The calendar. 2. The astronomical background. 3. Time and the clock. 4. Writing and libraries. 5. Numbers and arithmetic. 6. The variety of calendars. 7. The reform of the calendar -- Pt. II. The Calendars of the World. 8. Introduction. 9. Prehistoric calendars. 10. The calendars of Babylon and the Near East. 11. The Egyptian calendar. 12. The calendars of China and East Asia. 13. The calendars of India. 14. The Mayan and Aztec calendars. 15. Four European calendars. 16. The Roman and Julian calendars. 17. The Jewish calendar. 18. The Islamic and Baha'i calendars. 19. The Gregorian calendar. 20. The French Republican calendar. 21. The week -- Pt. III. Calendar Conversions. 22. Calendar conversions. 23. Mathematical notes. 24. To calculate the day of the week. 25. The conversion of regular calendars. 26. The Jewish calendar. 27. The Mayan calendar -- Pt. IV. Easter. 28. A short history of Easter. 29. The date of Easter Sunday. 30. A Book of Hours -- App. I. Astronomical constants -- App. II. The names of the days of the week -- App. III. The names of the days of the year in the French Republican calendar. Calendar History. ddc BK ANL RF 529.3 R514 195747 195747 0 0 ddc 0 529_300000000000000_RIM 1 NFIC 332919 DUL DUL AAC 2017-05-14 Gift 529.3 RIM 426304 2017-05-14 2017-05-14 BK