quatercentenary

That sounds like an oxymoron, but it's actually a quatercentenary.

How the King James Bible shaped the English language Robert McCrum 2010

Last week, I wrote about the quatercentenary of the King James Bible, regretting that none of the great literary festivals had plans for a public reading of this astonishing monument of English prose.

Booksellers (and e-readers) – you have never had it so good Robert McCrum 2010

This is the quatercentenary of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra!

Heard by a Bird Sparrow 2007

The year 1926 is therefore the tercentenary of the publication of Deane's "Spadacrene Anglica," and Stanhope's "News out of Yorkshire," and may also be regarded as the quatercentenary of the birth of Mr. William Slingsby.

Spadacrene Anglica The English Spa Fountain Edmund Deane

Buchanan's quatercentenary was celebrated at different centres in Scotland in 1906, and was the occasion of several encomia and studies.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various

The College celebrated, in 1911, its quatercentenary in an appropriate way, by publishing its register in full, with a group of most interesting monographs on various aspects of the College history.

The Charm of Oxford 1892

Magnificat, the excellent early-music ensemble led by Warren Stewart, is one of many organizations marking this notable quatercentenary this season.

SFGate: Top News Stories Joshua Kosman 2010

Magnificat, the excellent early-music ensemble led by Warren Stewart, is one of many organizations marking this notable quatercentenary this season.

SFGate: Top News Stories Joshua Kosman 2010

Magnificat, the excellent early-music ensemble led by Warren Stewart, is one of many organizations marking this notable quatercentenary this season.

SFGate: Top News Stories Joshua Kosman 2010

It was created to mark Shakespeare's quatercentenary and broadly follows the plot of his A Midsummer Night's Dream.

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