Clog almanac (English spelling)

Japanese: clog almanac(英語表記)clogalmanac
Clog almanac (English spelling)

…Government agencies and academic societies may call it an annual report. The origin of the yearbook is the primitive clog almanac, which was used in England and Scandinavia until the Middle Ages. This was a rectangular piece of wood on which the movements of the sun, moon, and stars were written. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "clog almanac" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…政府機関や学会では〈年報〉ということもある。年鑑の起源はイギリスやスカンジナビア諸国で中世まで用いられた原始的な棒暦clog almanacである。これは短冊形の木片に日月星辰の運行を記したものであった。…

※「clog almanac」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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