Chapter IV: Part III

THE MATERIAL UPON WHICH THE HISTORY OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL
YEAR IS BASED

1. THE DOCUMENTARY SOURCES IN GENERAL 342

2. THE EARLIEST CHRISTIAN CALENDARS 347

3. THE ARIAN CALENDAR OF THE FOURTH CENTURY 352

4. THE SO-CALLED MARTYROLOGIUM HIERONYMIANUM 363

5. THE LECTIONARY AND MARTYROLOGY OF SILOS 378

6. EGYPTIAN (COPTIC) CALENDARS AND SYNAXARIA 381

7. THE MENOLOGY OF CONSTANTINOPLE 387

8. THE MENOLOGY OF THE EMPEROR BASIL II., AND THE SYRIAN
LECTIONARY OF THE ELEVENTH CENTURY 390

9. THE KALENDARIUM MARMOREUM OF NAPLES 394

10. WESTERN AUTHORITIES FROM THE SIXTH TO THE EIGHTH CENTURIES 396

11. THE MARTYROLOGIES OF BEDE, FLORUS, WANDELBERT, AND ŒNGUS 401

12. THE MARTYROLOGIES OF ADO, USUARDUS, RABANUS MAURUS, AND
NOTKER BALBULUS 405

13. IMPORTANT CALENDARS FROM THE EIGHTH TO THE ELEVENTH
CENTURIES 410

CONCLUSION 419