'The use of the Kalendar for finding the Lords day & the Moveable Feasts' Isaac Newton c. 423 words The Newton Project Falmer 2009 Newton Project, University of Sussex

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 1699 and later, c. 470 words. Draft proposals for rectifying the Julian calendar [Yahuda Ms. 24c]Yahuda Ms. 24Three drafts of 'Considerations about rectifying the Iulian Kalendar' and an unrelated alchemical recipe [Yahuda Ms. 24a] Yahuda Ms. 24b, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel IsraelJerusalemNational Library of Israel Yahuda Mss Yahuda Ms. 24b SL222

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 1699 and later England English Holograph

Some calculations and an elaborate astronomical chart on the verso have been omitted from the transcription.

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Ms. 241r The use of yethe Kalendar for finding the days of the week Lords day & the New Moons & the Moveable Feasts.

Divide yethe year of orour Lord by 28. Seek yethe remainder in yethe following Table & you will find under it the Sunday Letter or Letters for that year. And in yethe third column of the Kalendar where you see that the Sunday Letter the days are Sundays. In a Leap year there are two Sunday letters; the one for yethe beginning of yethe year obteins til Feb. 24 & the other for the rest of yethe year.

0. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27 D. B. A. G. F. D. C. B. A. F. E. D. C. A. G. F. E. C. B. A. G. E. D. C. B. G. F. E. C. E. G. B. D. F. A.

Divide the year of orour Lord by 19 & the remainder increased by an unit shall be the Golden Number or Prime for that year. And in the first column of the Kalendar whereever you find that number the days are the Kalendar new-Moons throughout ytthat year according to yethe Kalendar according to the Kalendar. & Find the New Moon next after the seventh day of March. Reccon that yethe Prime or first day of the Moon & the Sunday wchwhich follows next after yethe 14th day of that Moon shall be Easter day. For according to the Kalendar And recconing yethe new Moon to be recconed the Prime or first day of the Moon, & the 14th day of yethe Moon is yethe Full Moon & Easter day is the according to yethe Kalendar [recconing the New moon to be the Prime or first day of yethe Moon] counting the New Moon for the Prime or first day & Easter day is always the first Lords day after the full Moon wchwhich happens upon or next after yethe one & twentithtwentieth day of March according to yethe Kalendar.

Septuagesima nine Sexagesima Sunday eight weeks beforeQuinquagesima is seven Easter.Quadragesima six
Rogation Sunday 5 weeks Ascention day is 40 days afterWhitsunday 7 weeks Easter.Trinity Sunday 8 weeks

Advent Sunday is always the nearest Sunday to the Feast of St Andrew whether before or after.

Easter may be also found for ever by yethe following Table

Those full Moons may be readily found by yethe ens