Marco Langbroek wrote:
> 538(ad): Here 14 days before 1 March the sun grew dark from early
morning
> until 9am.
> (Winchester Mss, Cambridge, Corpus Christie MS173, ff 1(v)32(r))
>
> 540: Here on 20 June the sun grew dark and stars appeared for
well-nigh half
> a hour after 9am
> (Winchester Mss, Cambridge, Corpus Christie MS173, ff 1(v)32(r))
Both refer to "normal" solar eclipses. Note that of course if there is
enough dust in the air to block the sun, stars would never be visible.
...and both can be identified in lists of historic solar eclipses such as the
one here:
http://user.online.be/felixverbelen/catzeute.txt
- Marco
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