Re: VMs: Anthony Askham's zodiacal volvelles and similar Irish volvelles

[Nick Pelling <incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Rene,

At 23:48 26/08/2003 -0700, Rene Zandbergen wrote:
> You might also be interested in a 14th C
> Italian copy of Sacro Bosco's Sphaera which is
> kept at UCL.

I'll check that out, thanks! :-)

> Now for a bit of trivia. Sacro Bosco of course means
> Holywood. He originates from Halifax. I vaguely
> remember having read that Halifax was called
> Holywood before, but whenever I mentioned this
> bit of trivia to my Yorkshire colleagues and
> friends, I was met with sheer incredulity.
> Anybody know for sure?

This article (by Malcolm Bull) asserts that Sacrobosco was born in Rastrick 
(south-east of Halifax, near the River Calder), though other encyclopaedia 
entries on him appear less certain. He lived and worked as an Augustinian 
monk in Holywood, Nithsdale, before becoming Professor of Mathematics in Paris.

http://www.halifax-today.co.uk/specialfeatures/triviatrail/mms19.html

If there is a link between Holywood and Halifax other than Sacrobosco 
himself, I couldn't find it, sorry: here's another page (also by Malcolm 
Bull) on various suggested origins of the town name "Halifax":-

http://www.halifax-today.co.uk/specialfeatures/triviatrail/mmh304.html

Cheers, .....Nick Pelling..... 


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