Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.15448

    Drawing of a solar portent

    Date
    17th century
    Creator
    Unknown, Artist
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Manuscript page number
    p1
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (page): 185mm
    width (page): 145mm
    Subject
    Description
    This is a note with a drawing, stating that the drawing comes from the margins of manuscripts of the works of Henry of Huntingdon (1088-1157), who is known for his chronicle Historia Anglorum (The History of the English People).

    The drawing seems to refer to a solar eclipse that was observed in the year 1104.
    Transcription
    In marginis Exemplaris cujusdam Ms. Operum Henrici Huntingdoniensis. fol. 64.

    Hoc signum apparuit in Sole, tertia feria Ebdomade Pentecostes, ab hora meridiana usque plenam Nonam. VII Idus Iunij; Luna X; Regnante H. Rege, Anno IV; Anno ab Incarnacione Anni M.C.IIII; Indiccione XII; Epacte XXII; Concurrent V. cum Bisseato: Ciclo XIX; Termino Paschali so Aprilis; Die Resurrectionis XV Kt. Maii; Luna XVIII.
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