New file uploaded to gothic-l (Christmas and Yule)

[Michael Erwin]

I'm not familiar with the traditional northern European calendars.  
Some quick questions (1) how do we know the Gothic months line up  
with Roman months? (2) how do we know whether the Gothic traditional  
calendar was solar or lunar? (3) how do we know whether the Gothic  
ecclesiastical calendar was solar or lunar?

With solar calendars, the months could start slightly earlier or  
later, e.g. the nearest January-equivalent starting Dec. 22nd. With  
lunar calendars, the months would shift back and forth. The last  
month would periodically double. The calendar fragment seems to line  
up with November, but that would happen from time to time with lunar  
calendars. The Easter calculations combine solar (equinox) and lunar  
(1st sunday after 1st sabbath after 1st full moon after...) elements  
so a lunar ecclesiastical calendar isn't impossible.
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