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Syriac Calendar

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Syriac Calendar.

A Note by the Translator.—The following list of

the

Syrian

names

of

months

,

in

use

in

the

empire

and

during

the

era

of

the

Seleucidæ

,

several

of

which

have

been

mentioned

in

these

Documents

,

is

taken

from

Caswinii

Calendarium

Syriacum

,

edited

in

Arabic

and

Latin

by

Volck

,

1859

.

The

later

Hebrew

names

also

are

here

added

for

comparison

.

It

must

,

however

,

be

noticed

that

“

the

years

employed

in

the

Syrian

Calendar

,

were

,

at

least

after

the

incarnation

,

Julian

years

,

composed

of

Roman

months

.

”

(

SeeL’Art

de

vérifier

les

dates

:

Paris

,

1818

,

tom

.

i

.

p

.

45

.

)

The

correspondence

with

the

Hebrew

months

,

therefore

,

is

not

so

close

as

the

names

would

indicate

,

since

these

commenced

with

the

new

moons

,

and

an

intercalary

month

,

Veadar

,

following

their

twelfth

month

Adar

,

was

added

.

Month / Syrian / Hebrew

October / Tishri prior / Tishri, or Ethanim

November / Tishri posterior / Bull, or Marcheshvan

December / Canun prior / Chisleu

January / Canun posterior / Tebeth

February / Shubat / Shebat

March / Adar / Adar

April / Nisan / Nisan

May / Ajar / Zif, or Iyar

June / Chaziran / Sivan

July / Tamuz / Tammuz

August / Ab / Ab

September / Elul / Elul