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:
> 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?

Here's where (and from whom) the idea appears to have originated:-

        http://www.electricscotland.com/history/other/holybush_john.htm

        Leland and Camden vindicate his English birth, on the ground that
        John of Halifax in Yorkshire forms a translation (though it must be
        admitted not a very apt one) of Joannes de Sacrobosco. On the
        other hand Dempster scouts the theory of Leland with considerable
        indignation, maintaining that Halifax is a name of late invention,
        and that the mathematician derived his designation from the
        monastery of Holywood in Nithsdale, an establishment of
        sufficient antiquity to have admitted him within its walls.

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


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