Ethnomathematics at the Margin of Europe - A Pagan Calendar : Þjóðháttastærðfræði á jaðri Evrópu - Heiðið dagatal

In 930, at the close of the settlement period in Iceland, a week-based calendar was adopted. Observations of the solar cycle soon revealed errors of the calendar, which were cleverly amended. In the 12th century, the week-based misseri calendar was adjusted to the Roman calendar used by the Christia...

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Main Author: Bjarnadóttir, Kristín
Other Authors: Education
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2010
Subjects:
Ethnomathematics
week-based calendar
Roman calendar
Julian calendar
Gregorian calendar
misseri
finger-rhyme counting method
Iceland
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/4865
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spelling ftopinvisindi:oai:opinvisindi.is:20.500.11815/4865 2024-06-02T08:09:09+00:00 Ethnomathematics at the Margin of Europe - A Pagan Calendar : Þjóðháttastærðfræði á jaðri Evrópu - Heiðið dagatal Bjarnadóttir, Kristín Education 2010 22 5954888 21-42 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/4865 en eng Journal of Mathematics & Culture; 5(1) http://nasgem.rpi.edu/pl/journal-mathematics-culture-volume-5-number-1 Bjarnadóttir , K 2010 , ' Ethnomathematics at the Margin of Europe - A Pagan Calendar : Þjóðháttastærðfræði á jaðri Evrópu - Heiðið dagatal ' , Journal of Mathematics & Culture , vol. 5 , no. 1 , pp. 21-42 . 1558-5336 221698620 d2588fcc-8e46-42ae-8b17-b7c08e3d9bec https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/4865 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Ethnomathematics week-based calendar Roman calendar Julian calendar Gregorian calendar misseri finger-rhyme counting method /dk/atira/pure/researchoutput/researchoutputtypes/contributiontojournal/article 2010 ftopinvisindi https://doi.org/20.500.11815/4865 2024-05-06T02:20:07Z In 930, at the close of the settlement period in Iceland, a week-based calendar was adopted. Observations of the solar cycle soon revealed errors of the calendar, which were cleverly amended. In the 12th century, the week-based misseri calendar was adjusted to the Roman calendar used by the Christian Church. It remained in common use for secular purposes until the 19th century, and detailed guides to it were written. Special occasions related to it are still celebrated. Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Opin vísindi (Iceland)
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week-based calendar
Roman calendar
Julian calendar
Gregorian calendar
misseri
finger-rhyme counting method
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week-based calendar
Roman calendar
Julian calendar
Gregorian calendar
misseri
finger-rhyme counting method
Bjarnadóttir, Kristín
Ethnomathematics at the Margin of Europe - A Pagan Calendar : Þjóðháttastærðfræði á jaðri Evrópu - Heiðið dagatal
topic_facet Ethnomathematics
week-based calendar
Roman calendar
Julian calendar
Gregorian calendar
misseri
finger-rhyme counting method
description In 930, at the close of the settlement period in Iceland, a week-based calendar was adopted. Observations of the solar cycle soon revealed errors of the calendar, which were cleverly amended. In the 12th century, the week-based misseri calendar was adjusted to the Roman calendar used by the Christian Church. It remained in common use for secular purposes until the 19th century, and detailed guides to it were written. Special occasions related to it are still celebrated. Peer reviewed
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format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Bjarnadóttir, Kristín
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title Ethnomathematics at the Margin of Europe - A Pagan Calendar : Þjóðháttastærðfræði á jaðri Evrópu - Heiðið dagatal
title_short Ethnomathematics at the Margin of Europe - A Pagan Calendar : Þjóðháttastærðfræði á jaðri Evrópu - Heiðið dagatal
title_full Ethnomathematics at the Margin of Europe - A Pagan Calendar : Þjóðháttastærðfræði á jaðri Evrópu - Heiðið dagatal
title_fullStr Ethnomathematics at the Margin of Europe - A Pagan Calendar : Þjóðháttastærðfræði á jaðri Evrópu - Heiðið dagatal
title_full_unstemmed Ethnomathematics at the Margin of Europe - A Pagan Calendar : Þjóðháttastærðfræði á jaðri Evrópu - Heiðið dagatal
title_sort ethnomathematics at the margin of europe - a pagan calendar : þjóðháttastærðfræði á jaðri evrópu - heiðið dagatal
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Bjarnadóttir , K 2010 , ' Ethnomathematics at the Margin of Europe - A Pagan Calendar : Þjóðháttastærðfræði á jaðri Evrópu - Heiðið dagatal ' , Journal of Mathematics & Culture , vol. 5 , no. 1 , pp. 21-42 .
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