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Aventinus, Johannes (i.e. Turmair, Johann Georg):
Von dem Calender Keyser Julij.
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JUlius da er Keyser oder Bapst zu Rom ward / nam sich um solche Sache an / braucht Sosigones / |
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When Julius was emperor or pope in Rome, this matter was taken care of, Sosigones was requested, who was educated in this matter and almost understood the course of the heavenly bodies. He divided the whole year, according to the course of the sun, into 365 days and six hours, a quarter (day and night together, i.e. 24 hours), and every four years there is also day and night hence why every fourth year, which we call a leap year, has 24 more hours. That's a full day and night that we put on the calendar and year on February 24th. That's why the holidays also skip a day (as the saying goes). We Christians have used this Julian calendar up to now, but it has become imprecise, it is now missing 14 days because of the course of the sun, which one could not follow so precisely, or understand that not a little bit is missing, which was none at the beginning, but over time a lot caused problems. Although, to the best of human knowledge, Pope Paul II, Pope Julius II, Pope Leo X, and Emperor Maximilian showed themselves to be understandable, as Johannes von Königsberg, and Paulus von Mildenberg, a bishop, were called to Rome. That's why the emperor wrote to all the high schools that a number of the books that people print were wrong, as was the trade of which is to be discontinued. |
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Aventinus, Johannes (i.e. Turmair, Johann Georg) |
Reference |
Aventinus, Johannes (i.e. Turmair, Johann Georg): Johannis Auentini Des Hochgelerten weitberümbten Beyerischen Geschichtschreibers Chronica (1580), p. 139r |
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