Talk:Roman timekeeping

Which Quintus?
Maude's 1900 translation of Censorinus, or printer/inputter, mispells Quintius Musius, evidently one of the two Quintus Mucius Scaevola, but which one? In ictu oculi (talk) 07:43, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Request to confirmation for Noon derive from Nones
As stated, "The English term noon is also derived from the ninth hour, although due to semantic drift now refers to midday rather than mid-afternoon." According to two traditional Catholic sources (https://taylormarshall.com/2018/02/medieval-lent-harder-islamic-ramadan.html and https://sspx.org/en/news-events/news/think-lent-tough-take-look-medieval-lenten-practices) it is due to a supposedly Lenten Practice, where monasteries would often move the recitation of nones as early as 12pm, in order to provide the working monks and laborers an opportunity to break their fast earlier in the day, with a remnant of this shift is still detectable in the rubrics for reciting the Roman Breviary up until the 1960s where None was prescribed to be recited in the morning before Mass. Would someone be able to find better sources? George Leung (talk) 06:42, 12 October 2019 (UTC)


 * The noon article cites the online etymology dictionary. Dictionary.com has a blurb, as does merriam-webster. There are probably a few more. I can add them to the article. --Cornellier (talk) 03:56, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

Proposed work
I'd like to improve this article in these areas: Please comment if you have any concerns. --Cornellier (talk) 04:04, 25 December 2019 (UTC)
 * bring in linkable refs, nothing wrong with books, but more online refs are good
 * fix tone per tag
 * copy edit
 * rm a little WP:OVERLINK
 * rm WP:REFBLOAT e.g. "numbering and names of hours" should have one ref., not a dozen.
 * convert external links to refs
 * add a bit more detail about noon, per section above.

Watches (as in watches of the night)
This article should include the watch system, as it appears frequently in ancient Roman texts. I don't know if it was just in military use (I doubt it). I believe it was used for night times only. 2605:8D80:5C1:4672:FBEA:7DE2:2CA4:FA91 (talk) 22:29, 8 August 2022 (UTC)