. Annals of medical history. n which :\iv writtenthe elate of the ecjuinoxes and ol thesolstices. A tal)U of these and of tluseasons as (Icliiud by tlu- diagram is asfollows: -So talliil IVoiii its in\t-nloi- Dionvsius, a Scy-lliian monk of Moiilc Cassino, who evolved it about525 His obiect was to liomoionizc the Eastern Winter Solstiee - Duodecimo (die ante> Calendaand Western date of Iaster. .lanuarias =^ Dee. 2ist. An Unrecognized Anglo-Saxon Medical Text 145 Spring Equinox = Duodecimo (die ante) Calendas Aprilcs = March Solstice = Duodecimo (die ante) Calendas Julias =J
. Annals of medical history. n which :\iv writtenthe elate of the ecjuinoxes and ol thesolstices. A tal)U of these and of tluseasons as (Icliiud by tlu- diagram is asfollows: -So talliil IVoiii its in\t-nloi- Dionvsius, a Scy-lliian monk of Moiilc Cassino, who evolved it about525 His obiect was to liomoionizc the Eastern Winter Solstiee - Duodecimo (die ante> Calendaand Western date of Iaster. .lanuarias =^ Dee. 2ist. An Unrecognized Anglo-Saxon Medical Text 145 Spring Equinox = Duodecimo (die ante) Calendas Aprilcs = March Solstice = Duodecimo (die ante) Calendas Julias =June Equinox = Duodecimo (die ante) Calendas Octobres = Sept. begins, (Die) septimo (ante) Idus Februarias = Feb. 7tli. At the four points of interruption of theouter curve, as though forming the basis ofthe whole, are circles indicating the fourelements. Earth, Air, Fire and Water, witheach of which are associated three windnames, grouped according to the cardinalpoints. Within the curved bands of the. Fig. 4. English translation of the essential factors inByrhtferSs diagram. Summer begins, (Die) septimo (ante) Idus Maias = May begins, (Die) septimo (ante) Idus Augustas = Aug. begins, (Die) septimo (ante) Idus Novem- bres=Nov. 7th. This division of the year, which is some-what different from our modern reckoning,corresponds with the views of Bede. figure are diagonal lines indicating the sea-sons and their qualities, hotness and coldness,dryness and moisture, each season beingranged within the appropriate months, andthe qualities, like the elements, being setforth according to the usual Aristoteliantradition. These diagonal lines are also in-terrupted by circles showing the duration 146 Annals of Medical History (three months) and the date of commence-ment of each of the four seasons, togetherwith the corresponding four Ages of it we learn that mans life may bethus divided: Spring = Childhood, to 14 years, is Moist and
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