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Astrology, almanacs, and the early modern English calendar /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jensen, Phebe (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Other Authors: Chapman, Alison A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, [2020].
Subjects:
Calendar > Great Britain.
Almanacs.
Astrology.
Calendrier > Grande-Bretagne.
Almanachs.
Astrologie.
almanacs.
astrology.
Almanacs
Astrology
Calendar
Great Britain
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Foreward
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Backgrounds
  • 1.1 Astrology
  • Ptolemaic Judicial Astrology
  • Astrological Medicine
  • Lunar Prognostications
  • Egyptian Days
  • Brontologies
  • Esdras or Dominical Letter Prognostications
  • 1.2 Calendars
  • The Julian Calendar
  • The Compotus
  • Late Medieval Calendars and the Folded Almanac
  • Calendars in Print: Pre-Reformation Primers
  • Calendars in Print: Prayer Book Calendars, the Reformation, and the Saints
  • The Gregorian Reforms
  • Clog Almanacs and Xylographic Calendars
  • 1.3 Almanacs and Prognostications
  • Multi-year Almanacs
  • Single Sheet Imported Almanacs
  • Annual Prognostications
  • Annual Book form Almanacs and Prognostications, 1540-1571
  • The Watkins and Roberts Monopoly, 1571-1603
  • The English Stock, 1603-1640
  • The University Press Almanacs
  • 1.4 Related Publications and Controversies
  • Perpetual Almanacs
  • Astrological Guides
  • Controversies
  • Mock Almanacs
  • Colour Plate Section Appears between Pages 94 and 95
  • Part II: How to Read an Early Modern Almanac
  • 2.1 The Almanac
  • Physical Format
  • Rubrication
  • Title Pages
  • Images and Borders
  • Title and Year
  • Compilers
  • Leap Year, Meridian, and Pole Arctic
  • Epigraphs
  • Printers and Privileges
  • Declarations
  • Law Terms
  • Chronologies
  • Zodiac Man
  • Elections
  • The Calendar
  • 2.2 The Prognostication
  • Title Page
  • To the Reader
  • Calculating Prognostications
  • Formatting Prognostications
  • Revolutions and the Four Seasons
  • Eclipses
  • Monthly Prognostications
  • Additional Astronomical and Astrological Content
  • Planet and Star Tables
  • Planetary Hours
  • Additional Miscellaneous Content
  • Principal Fairs
  • Calendar History
  • Travel and Geography
  • Tide Tables
  • Itineraries, Rhombs, and Latitude
  • Catalogues of Shires and Choreographies
  • Measurement
  • Advertisements
  • Part III: Early Modern Calendars
  • 3.1 The Four Seasons
  • Introduction
  • Spring
  • Astronomy and Astrology
  • Allegory
  • Pastimes, Activities, and Labors
  • Complexion, Qualities, and Disease
  • Summer
  • Astronomy and Astrology
  • Allegory
  • Pastimes, Activities, and Labors
  • Complexion, Qualities, and Disease
  • Autumn
  • Astronomy and Astrology
  • Allegory
  • Pastimes, Activities, and Labors
  • Complexion, Qualities, and Disease
  • Winter
  • Astronomy and Astrology
  • Allegory
  • Pastimes, Activities, and Labors
  • Complexion, Qualities, Weather and Disease
  • 3.2 The Planets and Seven Days of the Week
  • Introduction
  • Sunday: The Sun
  • Monday: The Moon
  • Tuesday: Mars
  • Wednesday: Mercury
  • Thursday: Jupiter
  • Friday: Venus
  • Saturday: Saturn
  • Colour Plate Section Appears between Pages 178 and 179
  • 3.3 The Twelve Months
  • Introduction
  • Labors and Agricultural Tasks
  • Zodiac, Astronomy, and Astrology
  • The Ages of Man
  • Physic