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Translation

    May has 31 days
and a 30 day lunar month
The third kills ·and the seventh· hour strikes back· May in respect of the birth· wonders at the horns of the bull·
1 KALEND of MAY· The Apostles Philip and James  
2    
3 Invention of the holy cross· and Saints Alexander Eventus and Theodolus· Egyptian Day.  
4    
5   The Ascension of the Lord to heaven.
6 John before the Latin gate The earliest rising of the pentecostal moon
7 NONE The latest rising of the Rogation moon
8    
9   Summer begins according to Roman usage.
10 Saints Gordianus and Epimachus. The earliest date of pentecost·
11    
12 Saints Nereus· Achilleus and Pancratius  
13    
14    
15 IDE  
16 JUNE  
17    
18   GEMINI
19 Saint Dunstan archbishop  
20    
21    
22    
23    
24    
25 Saint Urbanus [pope and] martyr · Egyptian DAY
26 Saint Augustine bishop  
27 Dedication of the church of the holy trinity  
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29    
30    
31    

 

Transcription

    Maius hab& dies ·xxx·i·
[et] LUNAM· xxx·
Tertius occidit ·[et]vii· ora relidit·
Mai[us] a geno rei· mirat[ur] cornua tauri·
1 K[A]L[END]AEMAII· Ap[os]to[lorum] Phil[ippi] [et] Iacobi·  
2    
3 Inuentio s[an]c[t]e crucis· [et] S[an]c[torum] Alexandri Euentii [et] Theodoli· Dies Egypt[iaca].  
4    
5   Ascensio d[omi]ni ad c[a]elum·
6 6. Johannis ante porta[m] latinam Prima acc[ensio] lun[ae] pentec[osti]·
7 7. NON[AE]. Ultima acc[ensio] lun[ae] Rogat[ionum]·
8    
9   Estatis initiu[m] sec[un]d[u]m Rom[anos]·
10 10. S[an]c[t]o[rum] Gordiani [et] epimachi Primu[m] pentec[ostum]·
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12 12. S[an]c[t]o[rum] Nerei· Achillei atq[ue] Pancratii·  
13    
14    
15 15. IDUS  
16 16. IUNII  
17    
18   GEMINI
19 19. S[an]c[t]i Dunstani archiep[iscop]i  
20    
21    
22    
23    
24    
25 25. S[an]c[t]i Urbani [pape et, erased] m[arty]r · DIES egypt[iaca].
26 26. S[an]c[t]i Augustini epi[scopi]·  
27 27. Dedicatio eccl[esi]e s[an]c[t]i t[ri]nitatis·  
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29    
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31    

Translation

    May has 31 days
and a 30 day lunar month
The third kills ·and the seventh· hour strikes back· May in respect of the birth· wonders at the horns of the bull·
1 KALEND of MAY· The Apostles Philip and James  
2    
3 Invention of the holy cross· and Saints Alexander Eventus and Theodolus· Egyptian Day.  
4    
5   The Ascension of the Lord to heaven.
6 John before the Latin gate The earliest rising of the pentecostal moon
7 NONE The latest rising of the Rogation moon
8    
9   Summer begins according to Roman usage.
10 Saints Gordianus and Epimachus. The earliest date of pentecost·
11    
12 Saints Nereus· Achilleus and Pancratius  
13    
14    
15 IDE  
16 JUNE  
17    
18   GEMINI
19 Saint Dunstan archbishop  
20    
21    
22    
23    
24    
25 Saint Urbanus [pope and] martyr · Egyptian DAY
26 Saint Augustine bishop  
27 Dedication of the church of the holy trinity  
28    
29    
30    
31    

 

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