DCRB(S) Appendix

[Robert L. Maxwell]

I would think this would be useful both for DCRM(S) and the other DCRMs.

Bob

At 04:31 PM 1/26/01 -0700, you wrote:
>On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, Robert L. Maxwell wrote:
>
> >
> > Glossary: Old Style/New Style Dates. Are there any countries that still
> > remain under the Julian calendar? For example, when did Greece convert (if
> > at all)? If we have a serial from such a country issued in 1999/2000 
> are we
> > to convert the date?
> >
>
>I don't know of any countries that still use the Julian Calendar, but many
>of the Eastern Orthodox churches do and might well employ it in their
>publications.  As of the late 1970s, the monastic communities of Mount
>Athos continued to use the Julian calendar so that there was a radical
>date change when going from Athens to the Mount.  On the other hand, some
>Eastern Orthodox communities may use the Gregorian calendar.  As far as I
>can remember, the reason for sticking with the Julian Calendar is that an
>ecumencial council is required to change the calendar in this way since it
>does affect the date of Easter. In any case, for publications issued after
>about 1920, the distinguishing point would be not the political
>jurisdiction but the ecclesiastical entity issuing the publication.
>Perhaps we should check this out more thoroughly?
>         Larry Creider
>
>Laurence S. Creider
>Head, General Cataloging Unit
>New Mexico State University
>Las Cruces, NM  88011
>Work: 505-646-4707
>Fax: 505-646-7477
>lcreider@lib.nmsu.edu

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Robert L. Maxwell
Special Collections and Ancient Languages Cataloger
6430 Harold B. Lee Library
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602
(801) 378-5568
robert_maxwell@byu.edu
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