wing the intercalation, or, which is the same thing, if in the
third year of the Julian cycle it falls between the 30th of August and
the end of the year, we must add 283 years and 241 days. The Ethiopians
do not reckon the years from the beginning of the era in a consecutive
series, but employ a period of 532 years, after the expiration of which
they again begin with 1. This is the Dionysian or Great Paschal Period,
and is formed by the multiplication of the numbers 28 and 19, that is,
of the solar and lunar cycles, into each other.

The following are the names of the Ethiopian or Abyssinian months,
with the days on which they begin in the Julian calendar, or old
style:--

Mascaram 29th August. Magabit 25th February.
Tikmith 28th September. Miazia 27th March.
Hadar 28th October. Gimbot 26th April.
Tacsam 27th November. Sene 26th May.
Tir 27th December. Hamle 25th June.
Yacatit 26th January. Nahasse 25th July.

The additional or epagomenal days begin on the 24th of August.
In intercalary years the first seven months commence one day later.
The Egyptian months, followed by the modern Copts, agree with
the above in every respect excepting the names.

_Indiction._--The cycle of Indiction was very generally followed in the
Roman empire for some centuries before the adoption of the Christian
era. Three Indictions may be distinguished; but they differ only in
regard to the commencement of the year.

1. The _Constantinopolitan Indiction_, like the Greek year, commenced
with the month of September. This was followed in the Eastern empire,
and in some instances also in France.

2. The _Imperial_ or _Constantinian Indiction_ is so called because its
establishment is attributed to Constantine. This was also called the
_Caesarean Indiction_. It begins on the 24th of September. It is not
infrequently met with in the ancient chronicles of France and England.

3. The _Roman_ or _Pontifical Indiction_ began on the 25th of December
or 1st of January, according as the Christian year was held to begin on
the one or other of these days. It is often employed in papal bulls,
especially after the time of Gregory VII., and traces of its use are
found in early French authors.

_Era of the Armenians._--The epoch of the Armenian era is that of the
council of Tiben, in which the Armenians consummated their schism from
t