"Calendarium hieroglyphicum", 1739
"Or an antique ephemeris, consisting of hieroglyphic’s, call’d by the Danes the Rimstock, by the Swedes and Norwegians the Primstaff, and by the Britains the Clogg or Log; explain’d by John Pointer, M. A., and rector of Slapton in the county of Northampton and diocess of Peterborough. 1739".
The book contains a preface, a carefully drawnout Runic calendar with explanations, and an index of the feast-days.
Dates
- Creation: 1739
Extent
18 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. D. 707
Other Finding Aids
William D. Macray, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae partis quintae fasciculus primus viri munificentissimi Ricardi Rawlinson, J.C.D., codicum classes duas priores, ad rem historicam praecipue et topographicam spectantes, complectens(Oxford, 1862), no. D. 707.
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series(7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. III, no. 13478.
Physical Facet
On paper, in folio
Repository Details
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