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5 +2 | Late Roman Parapegma |
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3 +1 | Late Roman peg calendar |
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Spätrömischer Steckkalender |
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Late Roman peg calendar Explanation: I don't think there is a standard or equivalent translation for Spätrömischer Steckkalender and researching for the late Roman parapegma gives no evidence of mentioning gods as described in the reference of Spätrömischer Steckkalender below. Thus, I would suggest to describe and translate it as Late Roman peg calendar, see also discussion. The Roman calendar was the calendar used by the Roman kingdom and republic Some of their etymologies are well-established: January and March honor the gods Janus[46] and Mars The fifth-century writer Macrobius says that the Romans intercalated 22 and 23 days in alternate years (Saturnalia, 1.13.12); https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_calendar Celtic Calendar using Roman numerals and Gaulish words with peg holes for the tracking of days, was a far more sophisticated time keeping system than that of the Roman conquerors. https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/216243219586095109/ |
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Late Roman Parapegma Explanation: The term Late Roman Parapegma would be as close as you're going to get. It's possible to translate the term literally, but most scholars don't. Since it refers to a very specific device, they simply leave it untranslated, but would gloss a description where necessary. In this case, you're describing it right after the first usage of the term, so there's no problem. You'd want to translate Stecker as peg, though. The actual term Steckkalender can however be left in Latin as parapegma. |
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Reference: Spätrömischer Steckkalender Reference information: In der oberen Reihe sind die Wochentaggötter dargestellt. Die Reihe beginnt rechts mit Saturn.- Warum? Einerseits war jeder Wochentag einem der sog. sieben Planetengötter heilig. Andererseits gehörten jedem Planetengott auch 3 Stunden an jedem Tag. Derjenige, dem die 1. Stunde des Tages gehörte, gab dem Wochentag seinen Namen. Dabei sind die Abstände der Planeten zur Erde, die man sich im Zentrum der Kosmoskugel vorstellte, entscheidend. Den grössten Abstand zur Erde hat der Planet Saturn, deswegen beginnt die Darstellung auf dem Steckkalender mit dem Samstag, dessen 1. Stunde dem Gott Saturn gehört. https://www.swisseduc.ch/altphilo/antike/realien/as/gallerie... |
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