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The Oxford book of days / Bonnie Blackburn & Leofranc Holford-Strevens.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blackburn, Bonnie J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Days.
- Calendar.
- Calendars--History.
- Calendars.
- Legends.
- Folklore.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 584 pages ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- Book of days
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- The ways humans have marked and measured time over the millennia are detailed in this rich blend of historical fact, scholarship, legend, lore, and literature that takes a day-by-day look at each season, month, and day of the calendar.
- Notes:
- "This book is a lightly revised reissue of the calendar-year section of the Oxford companion to the year"--Pref.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [545]-553) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0198662602
- OCLC:
- 59563956
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