Easter tables and the Pseudo-Isidorean Vatican map

Analysis of the Easter tables in the Vatican Library manuscript Vat. Lat. 6018 reveals traces of a Byzantine original and shows that the tables were compiled and probably written down in Italy between 762 and 777. The map in the same manuscript, traditionally known as the Isidorean map, is closely a...

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Published in:Imago mundi (Lympne) 1999-01, Vol.51 (1), p.13-23
Main Author: Chekin, Leonid S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antiquity
Byzantium
Cartography
chronology
computus
Earth sciences
Earths Moon
Easter
eighth century
Geography
History
History of science and technology
Isidore of Seville
Italy
Legends
Manuscript maps
Map libraries
Mappaemundi
Natural satellites
orientation
Scribes
Solar activity cycles
Vat. Lat. 6018
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Summary:Analysis of the Easter tables in the Vatican Library manuscript Vat. Lat. 6018 reveals traces of a Byzantine original and shows that the tables were compiled and probably written down in Italy between 762 and 777. The map in the same manuscript, traditionally known as the Isidorean map, is closely associated with the tables and should also be assigned a date within the same time range.
ISSN:0308-5694
1479-7801
DOI:10.1080/03085699908592900