Title: The Book of calendars /
Authors: Parise, Frank
Date: 1982
Publisher: Facts on File,
Physical description: 387 p. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: C
Abstract: A quick reference to background information on over forty-calendars and tables on over sixty calendars enabling translation of a calender date to its appropriate Julian or Gregorian date.
Contents: Ancient calendars: Babylonia calendar -- Era of Nabonasser -- Macedonian calendar -- Hebrew calendar -- Seleucid calendar and era of Antioch -- The olympiad era -- The era of Tyre -- Roman calendars -- The era of the Armenians -- The Islamic calendar -- Fasli (Soor san) -- Zoroastrian calendar -- Yezdezred calendar -- Jelali calendar -- Africa: Egypt -- Coptic calendar -- Ethiopian calendar -- Modern near east: Iran -- Afghanistan -- India -- Southeast Asia: Akbar calendar -- Fasli Deccan calendar -- Parasuram calendar -- Burmese and Arakanse calendars -- Far east: The Chinese calendar -- Tibet -- Central America -- Western calendars: Early northern European calendars -- Julian and Gregorian calendars -- Christian ecclesiastical calendar -- Western era (Julian) -- Western era (Gregorian) -- Calendar of saints -- The French revolutionary calendar -- Soviet calendar -- New year's day.
Notes: Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): Calendars