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|ShortDescription=Elaborate diagram of the ‘harmony of the months and elements’, which once occupied a single page in a largely computistical manuscript compiled by Byrhtferth of Ramsey (<em>c.</em> 970–<em>c.</em> 1020). The original of this compilation is lost, but two independent ‘copies’ made in the early 12th century remain. The diagram aligns different aspects of time (solstice, equinox, months, seasons, ages of man), the zodiac and the four elements, and in this way, introduces a number of key concepts relevant to computus. In the Oxford manuscript, the diagram comes right at the end of a section (ff. 3r-7v) which contains a miscellaneous variety of short texts and visual designs related to computus, and directly precedes another section (ff. 8r-15v) containing tables and texts on computus. | |ShortDescription=Elaborate diagram of the ‘harmony of the months and elements’, which once occupied a single page in a largely computistical manuscript compiled by Byrhtferth of Ramsey (<em>c.</em> 970–<em>c.</em> 1020). The original of this compilation is lost, but two independent ‘copies’ made in the early 12th century remain. The diagram aligns different aspects of time (solstice, equinox, months, seasons, ages of man), the zodiac and the four elements, and in this way, introduces a number of key concepts relevant to computus. In the Oxford manuscript, the diagram comes right at the end of a section (ff. 3r-7v) which contains a miscellaneous variety of short texts and visual designs related to computus, and directly precedes another section (ff. 8r-15v) containing tables and texts on computus. | ||
|Description=A feature of Irish interest is found in the Oxford manuscript only: in the middle of the diagram, just above the central wheel with its spokes, there is a horizontal bar of cryptic symbols, which concludes with a series of ogham characters. Their meaning is unclear, although {{C/s|Sims-Williams (Patrick) 1994a}} has argued that it may be a cryptogram of Byrhtferth’s signature (transliterated as <em>Bryht-ferð me fecit</em>). It is also unclear whether the ogham notation was part of Byrhtferth’s original design or that it is due to later Irish influence on the Oxford manuscript or its intermediate exemplar.{{Note|Irish influence is also demonstrated by the list of Irish names for days of the week on f. 71v (ed. {{C/s|Ó Cróinín (Dáibhí) 1981a}}).}} | |Description=A feature of Irish interest is found in the Oxford manuscript only: in the middle of the diagram, just above the central wheel with its spokes, there is a horizontal bar of cryptic symbols, which concludes with a series of ogham characters. Their meaning is unclear, although {{C/s|Sims-Williams (Patrick) 1994a}} has argued that it may be a cryptogram of Byrhtferth’s signature (transliterated as <em>Bryht-ferð me fecit</em>). It is also unclear whether the ogham notation was part of Byrhtferth’s original design or that it is due to later Irish influence on the Oxford manuscript or its intermediate exemplar.{{Note | ||
|Irish influence is also demonstrated by the list of Irish names for days of the week on f. 71v (ed. {{C/s|Ó Cróinín (Dáibhí) 1981a}}).}} | |||
|AscribedAuthorAuto=Id:Byrhtferth of Ramsey | |AscribedAuthorAuto=Id:Byrhtferth of Ramsey | ||
|AuthorComments=It is attributed to Byrhtferth in the Oxford manuscript (<em>Hanc figuram edidit Bryhtferð monachus</em>). | |AuthorComments=It is attributed to Byrhtferth in the Oxford manuscript (<em>Hanc figuram edidit Bryhtferð monachus</em>). | ||
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|FormPrimary=diagram; prose; | |FormPrimary=diagram; prose; | ||
|StatusDescription=Oxford, St John's College, MS 17 - cf. f. 39v. | |StatusDescription=Oxford, St John's College, MS 17 - cf. f. 39v. | ||
|Published=Yes | |||
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