{"id":135,"date":"2011-10-06T09:31:12","date_gmt":"2011-10-06T16:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/venerabilisbeda.plgo.org\/?p=135"},"modified":"2015-05-17T22:09:33","modified_gmt":"2015-05-18T05:09:33","slug":"article-jones-polemius-silvius-bede-and-the-names-of-the-months-1934","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/venerabilisbeda.plgo.org\/?p=135","title":{"rendered":"Article. Jones. Polemius Silvius, Bede, and the Names of the Months. 1934."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Polemius Silvius, Bede, and the Names of the Months<br \/>\nAuthor: C. W. Jones<br \/>\nSource: Speculum, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Jan., 1934), pp. 50-56<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"justify\">ALTHOUGH students in the West during the early Middle Ages knew very little about the language and customs of eastern races, the names of the months according to the Hebrews, Egyptians (Alexandrians), Athenians, Macedonians, and other eastern peoples appear at intervals in western literature. Professor Mountford called attention to one source for these lists. 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