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
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.
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.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
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.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
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