Lunaria "Days" (i.e., nights) of the moon
Middle English [mostly birth-dates]
"day" |
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pp. 150-176 MSS Oxford, BodL, Digby 88, ff. 64r-75r |
pp. 315-318 Latin Lunarium, in Aberystwyth, MS Peniarth 26, pp. 15-16 |
pp. 190-194 MS Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ashmole 391, pt. 1, ff. 3v-5r |
p. 106 "The Thyrrty Days" & p. 107 R4 = BL Royal 17.A.III |
1st |
>adam |
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2nd |
H.awwah |
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3rd |
Qayin |
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4th |
Hebel |
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5th |
offerings by Hebel & Qayin |
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6th |
"Nabyr" [hardly (as per p. 277) "Manasseh", as a hunter (p. 155) more likely Nimrod] & Effren |
"Naber" & "Effrem" |
"Ebron" [H.ebro^n in often stated as the location of garden of <eden] |
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7th |
Hebel was slain |
Daniye>l (R4) |
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8th |
Mtu^-s^elah. |
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9th |
Yo^h.an the Evangelist |
Nbu^-kad-nes.s.ar |
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10th |
Noh.a |
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11th |
S^em |
S^mu^->el |
Noh.a (R4) |
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12th |
Mos^eh |
"Caym" [hardly "Ham" (as per p. 271), but more likely H.ayyim] |
Kna<an |
Mos^eh (ThD) |
13th |
Noh.a planted grapevines |
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14th |
Noh.a blessed his son S^em |
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15th |
"Sammell" (not likely (as per p. 280) "Samuel", more likely Sama>el): his enemy fell |
[fall of] Tower of Babel |
>ahro^n blessed S^im<o^n (R4) |
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16th |
"Necorne" [= Nah.arina (in Assyrian)] |
Nah.o^r |
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17th |
Sdom & <morrah sank |
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18th |
Yis.haq |
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19th |
Ya<qob was begotten |
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20th |
Ya<qob was blessed by his father Yis.haq |
Yo^nah the prophet |
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21st |
<es`aw was blessed by his father Yis.haq |
S^a>ul |
<es`aw |
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22nd |
Yo^sep |
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23rd |
Maria Magdalene |
Ben-yamin [the 2nd one, as in 1st Chr. 7:10 & 8:1] |
Mos^eh |
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24th |
Peres. |
Yepet |
>ahro^n |
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25th |
Par<oh |
Yes^u<a |
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26th |
Par<oh was drowned |
passage through Re[e]d Sea |
passage through Re[e]d Sea |
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27th |
"Vrie" (instead of (as per p. 282) <uryah; emend (as cited on p. 282) to <ira> perhaps Iri (of 1st Chr. 7:7)] ["Berie" (p. 318, fn. 7), is probably Bri<ah (of 1st Chr. 8:13)] |
rained angels' food (manna) |
"Urie" (ThD) |
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28th |
S^ims^o^n |
return by spies to Yho^-shu<a |
S^ims^o^n |
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29th |
S^lomoh |
S^mu^->el |
king H.rod killed the Innocents |
"Christ blessed this day" |
30th |
>ab-s^alo^m |
{the 29th day of the month is blessed also according to the rN~in-ma}
MLA = Laurel Means: Medieval Lunar Astrology. Edwin Mellen Pr, Lewiston, 1993.
MEL = ME’MOIRES DE LA SOCIE’TE’ NE’OPHILOLOGIQUE DE HELSINKI, Tome LXVII. Irma Taavitsainen: Middle English Lunaries. Helsinki, 1988.