Runic calendar
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runic-calendar-188-15874490
title:
Runic calendar
text:
A Runic calendar is a perpetual calendar, variants of which were used in Northern Europe until the 19th century. A typical runic calendar consisted of several horizontal lines of symbols, one above the other. Special days like solstices, equinoxes, and celebrations were marked with additional lines of symbols. Runic calendars were written on parchment or carved onto staves of wood, bone, or horn. The oldest one known, and the only one from the Middle Ages, is a staff from Nyköping, Sweden, belie
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Perpetual calendar based on the 19-year-long Metonic cycle of the Moon
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runic_calendar
date created:
2004-12-12T11:04:19Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T14:09:09Z
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