We give, first, three tables for the
vigil, feast, and octave in May. The first one shows the state of the blood when taken out from its closet, giving to each day a column, and recording in each column the various conditions of the blood, distinguishing them as: 1. Very hard; 2. Hard; 3. Soft; 4. Liquid, with a hard lump in the liquid; 5. Hard and full; 6. Full, when, on account of that fulness, it could not be known whether the dark mass of blood within was solid or fluid; 7. Liquid. A second table will set forth, under a similar arrangement, the various lengths of time which elapsed from the taking out of the reliquary of the ampulla from its closet until the liquefaction was seen to commence. After enumerating the instances in which the time is clearly determinable, another line indicates the times when the liquefaction is set down as gradual, sometimes because the time was not clearly seen, sometimes, perhaps, because the recording was perfunctory. We add another line, embracing the various occasions when the diary either omits recording or indicating the time, or does so, vaguely or in such terms as “regular, very regular, promptly, punctually, most punctually, without unusual delay, without anything new.” We subjoin to this table other lines, showing on what days and how often the blood remained always fluid; or always fluid with a hard floating lump; or always hard; or always full, and so full that liquefaction was not detected. A third table, similarly arranged, will show in what condition the blood was when locked up at night in its closet. We also give three similar tables for the feast and octave of September, and similar accounts for the December festival and for the extraordinary expositions.
May, 1648, to May, 1860, inclusive—213 Years.
TABLE I.
State of Blood at the Opening of the Closet.
| May. | Satur. | Sun. | Mon. | Tues. | Wed. | Thur. | Fri. | Satur. | Sun. |
| Very hard | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Hard | 156 | 119 | 207 | 203 | 168 | 139 | 123 | 113 | 113 |
| Soft | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| Liquid, with hard lump | 40 | 74 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Hard and full | 3 | — | — | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 17 |
| Full | — | — | — | 4 | 33 | 56 | 68 | 75 | 73 |
| Liquid | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — |
TABLE II.
Times of the Liquefactions.
| May. | Satur. | Sun. | Mon. | Tues. | Wed. | Thur. | Fri. | Satur. | Sun. |
| Under 10 minutes | 88 | 67 | 85 | 44 | 27 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 16 |
| Under 30 ” | 49 | 28 | 63 | 73 | 46 | 46 | 44 | 35 | 37 |
| Under 60 ” | 18 | 9 | 8 | 36 | 42 | 25 | 19 | 17 | 13 |
| Under 2 hours | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 7 |
| Under 5 ” | 1 | 7 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Over 5 ” | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Gradual | 1 | 40 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Vague or omitted | 26 | 45 | 54 | 55 | 54 | 52 | 51 | 53 | 56 |
| Always liquid, with hard lump | 17 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Always full | — | — | — | 4 | 33 | 56 | 68 | 75 | 73 |
| Always hard | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Always liquid | 6 | 12 | — | — | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
TABLE III.