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XIV.

The Paschal or Easter Table of Anatolius.

Now, then, after the reckoning of the days and the exposition of the course of the moon, whereon the whole revolves on to its end, the cycle of the years may be set forth from the commencement.[1] This makes the Passover (Easter season) circulate between the 6th day before the Kalends of April and the 9th before the Kalends of May, according to the following table:

Equinox / Moon / Easter / Moon

1. Sabbath / XXVI. / XVth before the Kalends of May, i.e., 17th April / XVIII.

2. Lord’s Day / VII. / Kalends of April, i.e., 1st April / XIV.

3. IId Day (ferial) / XVIII. / XIth before the Kalends of May, i.e., 21st April / XVI.

4. IIId Day / XXIX. / Ides of April, i.e., 13th April / XIX.

5. IVth Day / X. / IVth before the Kalends of April, i.e., 29th March / XIV.

6. Vth Day / XXI. / XIVth before the Kalends of May, i.e., 18th April / XVI.

7. Sabbath[2] / II. / VIth before the Kalends of April, i.e., 27th March / XVII.

8. Lord’s Day / XIII. / Kalends of April, i.e., 1st of April / XX.

9. IId Day / XXIV. / XVIIIth before the Kalends of May, i.e., 14th March / XV.

10. IIId Day / V. / VIIIth before the Ides of April, i.e., 6th April / XV.

11. IVth Day / XVI. / IVth before the Kalends of April, i.e., 29th March / XX.

12. Vth Day / XXVII. / IIId before the Ides of April, i.e., 11th April / XV.

13. VIth Day / VIII. / IIId before the Nones of April, i.e., 3rd April / XVII.

14. Sabbath / XX. / IXth before the Kalends of May, i.e., 23rd April / XX.

15. Lord’s Day / I. / VIth before the Ides of April, i.e., 8th April / XV.

16. IId Day / XII. / IId before the Kalends of April, i.e., 31st March / XVIII.

17. IVth Day[3] / XXIII. / XIVth before the Kalends of May, i.e., 18th April / XIX.

18. Vth Day / IV. / IId before the Nones of April, i.e., 4th April / XIV.

19. VIth Day / XV. / VIth before the Kalends of April, i.e., 27th March / XVII.


Footnotes[edit]

  1. ↑ Annorum circuli principium inchoandum est.
  2. ↑ Bissextile reckoning. [Compare note 2, p. 110, supra.]
  3. ↑ Bissextile reckoning. [Compare note 2, p. 110, supra.]
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