なぜ新年は暗くてますます寒くなる冬に始まるのか、暦の歴史 | ナショナルジオグラフィック日本版サイト

収穫と密接に結び付いていた初期のローマ暦では、紀元前7世紀まで、冬の2カ月間には名前すらなかった。現在の1月1日が新年の始まりとして定着したのはずっと後のことだ。写真はフランス、ブールジュのサン・テティエンヌ大聖堂にある13世紀のステンドグラス。当時としては典型的な1月の描写で、食事が題材になっている。…

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Yahoo has built a new calendar app called Day, and it’s recruited the co-founder of Sunrise to design it

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