Book ID: CBB000011355

Gregorian reform of the calendar: Proceedings of the Vatican conference to commemorate its 400th anniversary, 1582-1982 (1983)

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Pontificia Academia Scientiarum, Specola Vaticana


Publication Date: 1983
Edition Details: Edited by Coyne, G. V., M. A. Hoskin, and O. Pedersen
Physical Details: xxiv + 323 pp.; notes; glossary

Description Contents: Moesgaard, Kristian Peder: Basic units in chronology and chronometry. Pedersen, Olaf: The ecclesiastical calendar and the life of the Church. North, John D.: The Western calendar: “Intolerabilis, horribilis, et derisibilis”: Four centuries of discontent. Dobrzycki, Jerzy: Astronomical aspects of the calendar reform. Proverbio, Edoardo: Copernicus and the determination of the length of the tropical year. Baldini, Ugo: Christoph Clavius and the scientific scence in Rome. Moyer, G.: Aloisius Lilius and the Compendium novae rationis restituendi kalendarium. Casanovas, Juan: The Vatican Tower of the Winds and the calendar reform. Ziggelaar, August: The Papal Bull of 1582 promulgating a reform of the calendar. Nobis, H. M.: The reaction of astronomers to the Gregorian calendar. Hoskin, Michael A.: The reception of the calendar by other churches. Gingerich, Owen: The civil reception of the Gregorian calendar. Russo, François: Contemporary discussions on the reform of the calendar. Pedersen, Olaf: A glossary of technial terms.


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Chapter Baldini, Ugo (1983) Christoph Clavius and the scientific scene in Rome. In: Gregorian reform of the calendar: Proceedings of the Vatican conference to commemorate its 400th anniversary, 1582-1982 (p. 137). unapi

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Sorbello, Alessandra
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