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    April has 30 days
and a 29 day lunar month.
The tenth and eleventh is full of death by wounds
1 KALEND of APRIL  
2    
3   Here finish ·vii· embolisms
4  Saint Ambrose bishop Here finish ·iii· embolisms
5 NONE The latest rising of the easter moon.
6   The earliest rising of the Rogation moon
7    
8    
9    
10   Egyptian DAY.
11 Saint Guthlac confessor.  
12    
13 IDE  
14 MAY. Saints Tiburtius, Valerian, Maximus·  
15    
16    
17 At this point the cycle begins. xix TAURUS
18    
19 Saint Alfegius bishop.  
20   Egyptian Day.
21    
22    
23 Saint George martyr·  
24 Invention of Saint YVONIS archbishop.  
25 Saint Mark the Evangelist The Great Litany· The latest date for easter·
26    
27    
28 Saint Vitalis martyr.  
29    
30   The earliest date of ascension

 

Transcription


    Aprilis habet dies ·xxx·
[et] Luna[m]·xx·ix
Decimus & undenus· est mortis
uulnere plenus.
1 K[A]L[END]AE APRIL[II].  
2    
3   Hic finit[ur] ·vii· embolism[us]·
4 S[an]c[t]i Ambrosii epi[scopi]. Hic finit[ur] ·iii· embolism[us]·
5 NON[AE]. Ultima incensio lun[ae] paschal[i]·
6   Prima inc[ensio] lun[ae] Rogationu[m]·
7    
8    
9    
10   DIES egypt[iaca].
11 S[an]c[t]i Guthlaci conf[essoris].  
12    
13 IDUS  
14 MAI. S[an]c[t]orum Tiburtii Valeriani Maximi  
15    
16    
17 Hic incipit cycl[us]. xix· TAURUS
18    
19 S[an]c[t]i Alfegi epi[scop]i.  
20   Dies egypt[iaca].
21    
22    
23 S[an]c[t]i Georgii m[arty]r·  
24 Inventio S[an]c[t]i YVONIS archiep[iscop]i.  
25 S[an]c[t]i Marci euangelist[a]e. Letania maior· Ultim[um]. pascha
26    
27    
28  S[an]c[t]i Vitalis m[arty]r  
29    
30   P[ri]m[us] dies ascensionis

Translation

    April has 30 days
and a 29 day lunar month.
The tenth and eleventh is full of death by wounds
1 KALEND of APRIL  
2    
3   Here finish ·vii· embolisms
4 Saint Ambrose bishop Here finish ·iii· embolisms
5  NONE The latest rising of the easter moon.
6   The earliest rising of the Rogation moon
7    
8    
9    
10   Egyptian DAY.
11 Saint Guthlac confessor.  
12    
13 IDE  
14 MAY. Saints Tiburtius, Valerian, Maximus·  
15    
16    
17 At this point the cycle begins. xix TAURUS
18    
19 Saint Alfegius bishop.  
20   Egyptian Day.
21    
22    
23 Saint George martyr·  
24 Invention of Saint YVONIS archbishop.  
25 Saint Mark the Evangelist The Great Litany· The latest date for easter·
26    
27    
28  Saint Vitalis martyr.  
29    
30   The earliest date of ascension

 

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