Gent. 1 Clavis Calendaria; OR, A COMPENDIOUS ANALYSIS OF THE CALENDAR: ILLUSTRATED WITH ECCLESIASTICAL, HISTORICAL, AND CLASSICAL Anecdotes. BY JOHN BRADY. "Indocti discant, et ament meminisse periti." IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. Second Edition. LONDON: PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR, AND SOLD BY LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, J. M. RICHARDSON, CORNHILL; AND HOOKHAMS, JUNS. OCT 1 4 U of M Bindery OCT 23 '57 Ph 529.3 8729 Preface. THE custom of submitting some preliminary observations, by way of PREFACE, to every new publication, has been so long established, that it might appear a want of respect were any person to present his labours to notice, without such introduction. The Author of. the following sheets, therefore, cheerfully complies with the prevailing practice, not only from a sense of imperious duty to the Community at large, for whose favour he is an humble candidate; but as it affords him an opportunity of offering to the numerous friends who have favoured him with their support, his unfeigned acknowledgments, for the advantage of their countenance, and, through them, for that of many great and distinguished characters, whose names dignify his List of Subscribers. The Reformed Calendar, upon the basis of which the Author has raised his superstructure, 838490 838450 will, upon examination, be found to possess a much stronger claim to attention than it has hitherto appeared to merit: That it is the National Register of Time, and the Instrument whereby is regulated the Ecclesiastical Establishment of the Nation, cannot but be generally known; though it requires a more extensive course of reading than many are habituated to, clearly to trace the progress of the Calendar, through its various gradations of improvement, to its present accuracy; or to appretiate the causes that gave rise to the division of our Church service, in the order that has been settled by our forefathers. The primary object of the Author's attention, has been correctly to point out, and distinguish, the several divisions and subdivisions of that portion of duration denominated TIME, of every variation in the regulation of which phenomenon, he has given a particular and historical account: And he has added a minute description not only of those Instruments to which human ingenuity has resorted for tracing its flight, from the simple Sun-dial to the accurate Chronometer; but also of such different Tables as have been introduced for marking its progress, from the rude Alban Calendar to that of the present day. -The first part, upon Time, may justly be regarded as introductory to the general subject treated upon, denominated Clavis Calendaría, from its being a key to, |