I love the notion that King Oswiu lived in a pad like that.
Anyhoo, this bit is plain wrong: "... the Jewish festival of the Passover, the date of which is determined by the lunar calendar, or the monthly cycle of the moon."
Only in ordinary years: because the festival involved "first fruits" its date could be shoved back or pulled forward according to how harsh/mild the winter had been. Therefore nobody knows when Passover fell in the year in question - in fact people don't even know which year that was precisely.
Did they really have two masted square riggers in 664?
ReplyDeleteI love the notion that King Oswiu lived in a pad like that.
ReplyDeleteAnyhoo, this bit is plain wrong: "... the Jewish festival of the Passover, the date of which is determined by the lunar calendar, or the monthly cycle of the moon."
Only in ordinary years: because the festival involved "first fruits" its date could be shoved back or pulled forward according to how harsh/mild the winter had been. Therefore nobody knows when Passover fell in the year in question - in fact people don't even know which year that was precisely.