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The birthday book
- Title
- The birthday book / Censorinus ; translated by Holt N. Parker.
- Author
- Censorinus
- Publication
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
- Supplementary Content
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Parker, Holt N.
- Description
- xiv, 102 p. : ill.; 19 cm.
- Uniform Title
- De die natali liber. English
- Alternative Title
- De die natali liber.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-102).
- Contents
- Happy birthday -- How to honor the genius of the birthday -- What is the spirit of the birthday? -- Seed and conception -- Pregnancy -- The fetus -- Growth in the womb -- The origins of astrology -- The teachings of the pythagoreans -- Harmony and music -- Harmony in the womb -- Harmony in the mind and body -- Harmony in the universe -- Crisis years and the length of life -- The praise of caerellius -- Time and eternity -- Ages and centuries. the Roman secular games -- The great year -- The year -- The calendar -- The history of the world -- Months -- Days -- Hours.
- Call Number
- JFC 07-181
- ISBN
- 0226099741 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780226099743 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0226099768 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780226099767 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2006029081
- OCLC
- 71286641
- Author
- Censorinus.
- Title
- The birthday book / Censorinus ; translated by Holt N. Parker.
- Imprint
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-102).
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Parker, Holt N., translator.
- Research Call Number
- JFC 07-181