ABOUT ECLIPSES MENTIONED AT GREGORI TURONENSIS
In Morozov in (1) is going about several eclipses mentioned at Gregori Turonensis.
1. In (1) on page 333 in chapter I-XVI is told about an eclipse mentioned Gregori Turonensis in his " Historia francorum" (2) (4, 73):
"At will of any destiny the Sun in October calends (October 1) has appeared in it did not remain by such blacked out, even of the fourth part in luminous Status, it has appeared opposite and muddy, it seemed as though by bag. Also star (stilla instead of stella), which some named as a comet having the beam as like sword, was shown within one year above that area, and sky It seemed flaring, and many other signs " have appeared.
We search on a Krasilnikov's canon of an eclipse of October 1 seen from frank's area (Paris and Frankfurt). October 1 from this area of eclipses was not observed, therefore we use a method of consecutive deviations for one week in each party. Results is written down in the table 1.
Table 1
Paris Frankfurt
Roma Constantinopol
1084/10/02 We 13:41 0.856 13:47 0.799 14:05
0.889 14:22 0.867
563/10/03 We 07:02 0.604 07:07 0.681 07:04
0.496 07:22 0.580
590/10/04 We 10:54 0.696 11:01 0.806 11:17
0.749 11:42 0.931
693/10/05 Su 06:36 0.943 06:39 0.860
06:35 0.970 06:45 0.993
720/10/06 Su 16:14 0.849 16:13 0.829
16:29 0.897 15:39 0.070
460/09/30 Fr 15:54 0.483 15:54 0.452
16:13 0.502 15:52 0.371
433/09/29 Fr 10:01 0.683 10:10 0.777
10:21 0.650 10:52 0.789
303/09/27 Mo 15:11 0.945 15:13 0.995 15:29
0.895 15:36 0.899
From all eclipses listed in this table, our special interest cause two, having a place at the moment of sunrise (table 2):
Table 2
Paris Frankfurt
Roma Constantinopol
563/10/03 We 07:02 0.604 07:07 0.681
07:04 0.496 07:22 0.580
693/10/05 Su 06:36 0.943 06:39 0.860
06:35 0.970 06:45 0.993
The sunrise in beginning of October takes place on Greenwich in Paris at 06:23, in Frankfurt at 06:00. The second eclipse very well corresponds to the description: the observer observed it just ascending as a bag.
As to the first eclipse, it was observed from northern areas it is much better than Germany, than from southern. In particular, in Bremen it had a phase 0.8.
2. About several Moon eclipses the speech goes in (1) on page 334 in chapter I-XVIII (citation on (2), lib. V page 23, lib. V page 41 (publishing. Monum. Germ. Script. r. Meroving I, 219, 233, 262)) (4, 75, 76, 77):
" Year 577. We frequently saw the moon this year inverted in blackness,
and there were heavy thunder-storms before the God Christmas".
" Year 580. The moon was blacked out, and the star of a comet (nongramatically
has appeared: comitis stilla) heavy infectious illness on a name also was
distributed also (lues in the original, i.e. sifilis (Morozov's remark,
hardly , it was only after opening America, the remark of the author) "
" Year 582. Again this year have appeared signs: Moon has undergone
an eclipse, and in turensian a district from one pulled down bread the
present blood has flowed out ( luna eclypsum passa est; infra Toroniem
territorium veru de fracto pane sanguis effluxit) ".
As against Morozov we shall not analyze in detail connection of lunar eclipses with a comet. We only shall tell a pair of words about an opportunity of the lunar eclipses as the couple of solutions which took place within N, N+3, N+5.
We shall make certain extracts of a Krasilnikov's canon in the table 3:
Table 3
502/07/06 01:12
505/05/04 01:48
507/10/07 00:57
503/12/19 02:36
506/10/18 01:02
508/09/25 02:10
We specially did not begin to transfer these pairs in further. For only one the sixth century we can write out a minimum such thirty pair. Let's write out separately Most suitable under the citation in the table 4:
Table 4.
577/01/20 05:24
577/12/11 05:34
580/05/15 01:22
580/10/08 20:01
582/09/18 01:07
So we shall consider that chronicle was not mistaken and has described eclipses authentically.
3. At this author on (1), the page 335 in chapter I-XIX is a mention in (3) about the following eclipse:
"(Year 590)... The Sun has undergone an eclipse in middle of the eighth month (near August 15 on Morozov, this remark from Morozov is strange, you see he for certain knew, that the eighth month was October, instead of August, as in his version of this eclipse it took place in October, author's comments) and light it so has decreased, that horns it stayed for light, hardly kept amount of the fifth part of the Moon ".
That is the eclipse with a phase a minimum 80 % took place.
About the same eclipse there is a speech at Theophilacta Simocattae, Theophan, Anastas Librarian, Zonara in the " the world annals ".
We shall write out according to a Krasilnikov's canon of a phase of an eclipse 590 years observable from different cities in the table 5.
Table 5
Paris Frankfurt
Roma Constantinopol
590/10/04 10:54 0.696 11:01 0.806
11:17 0.749 11:42 0.931
and also we shall write out various eclipses well observable from Frankfurt In October with 300 for 1000 AD in the table 6:
Table 6.
348/10/09 05:43 0.846
563/10/03 07:07 0.681
693/10/05 06:39 0.860
720/10/06 16:13 0.829
868/10/19 14:27 0.689
878/10/29 13:40 1.024
990/10/21 10:03 0.817
From the above-stated table 6 it is obviously visible, that is theoretically possible is the second solution namely 693/10/05. But, that is very good coincides the year of an eclipse, take is improbable.
LITERATURE
1. Morozov N.A. Chryst. Volume 4. Moscow. Kraft-Lean, 1998
2. Gregori Turonensis: "Historia francorum ", lib. IV, c.31 Publishing
Monum. Germ. Auctori antiqui IX, 335.
3. Gregori Turonens historia Francorum, X, c.23 Monum. Germ. Script.
r. Meroving I, 435.
4. Spezieller Kanon der Sonnen- und Mondfinsternisse fur das Landregebiet
der klassische Altertumswissenschaften und ben Zeitraum von 900 vor Chr.
bis 600 nach Chr. von F.K.Ginzel Standigem Mitgliede des Konigl. Astronomische
Recheninstitutes, Berlin Mayer& Muller 1899
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