XX. The Commencement of Day amongst the Saxons and Britons ascertained. In a Letter to the Rev. Dr. Lort by the Rev. Mr. Pegge

Sam. Pegge

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XX. The Commencement of Day amongst the Saxons and Britons ascertained. In a Letter to the Rev. Dr. Lort by the Rev. Mr. Pegge

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Sam. Pegge

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The beginning of day amongst the ancient Greeks and Romans (meaning by a day the νυχθήμεϱον or the space of twenty-four hours accomplished by a single revolution of the sun, to speak vulgarly) seems to be very clearly understood and determined, and is of great use and importance in regard to the innumerable passages of their authors.

Type: Research Article
Information: Archaeologia , Volume 6 , 1782 , pp. 150 - 153

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261340900020208 [Opens in a new window]
Copyright: Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1782

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^{page 150 note [a]} Peck, Desid. Curios. B. vi. p. 230. 4to Ed.

^{page 151 note [b]} Peck, Desid. Curios. B. vi. p. 230.

^{page 151 note [c]} Spelman, Gloss. p. 428.

^{page 151 note [d]} Kennett, Par. Antiq. in Gloss.

^{page 151 note [e]} Johnson, Collect. of Eccles. Laws, a° 958.

^{page 151 note [f]} Skelton, p. 21.

^{page 151 note [g]} Hall, in Rich. III. fol. 40. b.

^{page 151 note [h]} Plott, Nat. Hist. of Staffordsh. p. 441.

^{page 151 note [i]} Lye, Sax. Dict. v. Non, Noin in Irish is the evening. Lloyd, Arehaeolog. p. 15.

^{page 152 note [k]} Johnson, Eccl. Laws A. 958, he observes, that three o'clock was called high-noon, and mid-day noon.

^{page 152 note [l]} Wright, Trav. p. 494.

^{page 152 note [m]} Tacitus de Mor. Germ.

^{page 152 note [n]} Du Fresne, v. Nox.

^{page 152 note [o]} In Sacheverell's Survey of Man, p. 173.

^{page 152 note [p]} Verstegan, p. 58.

^{page 152 note [q]} Thoresby, Duc. Leod. p. 84.

^{page 152 note [r]} Cæsar de B. Gall. VI. c. 16. Sir Thomas Brown, ubi sup. p. 172

^{page 153 note [s]} Camden, Brit. col. xix. 433, 434.

^{page 153 note [t]} Sheringham, p. 107.

^{page 153 note [u]} Sammes, p. 115, 148.

^{page 153 note [x]} Wilkins, Præf. ad Tanneri Bibl. p. 3.

^{page 153 note [y]} Richards, v. Nos, Wythnos and Pythefnos.

^{page 153 note [z]} Du Fresne, v. Nox.

^{page 153 note [a]} Sir Thomas Brown, l. c. p. 173.

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XX. The Commencement of Day amongst the Saxons and Britons ascertained. In a Letter to the Rev. Dr. Lort by the Rev. Mr. Pegge

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