*Ø* Blogmanac | June 13-15 | Lesser Quinquatrus of Minerva, ancient Rome, kalends of June

Second day: Day of Meditation on the Salvation of all Beings
Known as the Quinquatrus Minusculae or Quinquatrus Minores, this minor festival was celebrated on the Ides of June. The tibicines went through the city in procession to the temple of Jupiter’s daughter, Minerva, goddess of thoughts, wisdom and war. The tibicines (singular form tibicen) or Tibia players were one of the oldest professional music organizations in Rome and the musicians of the state religion. They played a flute, or bone pipe, an instrument with three to four holes made from bone that eventually evolved into a double pipe of silver, ivory, or boxwood. The tibicines celebrated their own annual festival on the day of Jupiter Optimus Maximus.