DCRB(S) Appendix

Robert L. Maxwell robert_maxwell at byu.edu
Mon Jan 29 09:36:46 MST 2001


That was my fault. I mislabeled it on the original posting. Old habits die 
hard.

Bob

At 10:24 AM 1/29/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Larry, please note that the subject heading should be DCRM(S), not
>DCRB(S). {The mislabeled subject doesn't kick my automatic sorting into
>action.} --DJL
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Laurence Creider [mailto:lcreider at lib.NMSU.Edu]
>Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 6:32 PM
>To: dcrb-l at lib.byu.edu
>Cc: juliet at citrus.ucr.edu; jane.gillis at yale.edu
>Subject: Re: DCRB(S) Appendix
>
>
>On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, Robert L. Maxwell wrote:
>
> >
> > Glossary: Old Style/New Style Dates. Are there any countries that
>still
> > remain under the Julian calendar? For example, when did Greece convert
>(if
> > at all)? If we have a serial from such a country issued in 1999/2000
>are we
> > to convert the date?
> >
>
>I don't know of any countries that still use the Julian Calendar, but
>many
>of the Eastern Orthodox churches do and might well employ it in their
>publications.  As of the late 1970s, the monastic communities of Mount
>Athos continued to use the Julian calendar so that there was a radical
>date change when going from Athens to the Mount.  On the other hand,
>some
>Eastern Orthodox communities may use the Gregorian calendar.  As far as
>I
>can remember, the reason for sticking with the Julian Calendar is that
>an
>ecumencial council is required to change the calendar in this way since
>it
>does affect the date of Easter. In any case, for publications issued
>after
>about 1920, the distinguishing point would be not the political
>jurisdiction but the ecclesiastical entity issuing the publication.
>Perhaps we should check this out more thoroughly?
>         Larry Creider
>
>Laurence S. Creider
>Head, General Cataloging Unit
>New Mexico State University
>Las Cruces, NM  88011
>Work: 505-646-4707
>Fax: 505-646-7477
>lcreider at lib.nmsu.edu

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Robert L. Maxwell
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