Solutions to the Chronological Puzzles in Book 1 of the Chronicle of Matthew of Edessa

The chronological inconsistency in the first book of Matthew of Edessa's Chronicle is well-known. Some of his are dates accurate to the day, while others err by up to 50 years, with no immediately apparent pattern of error. In this talk I will examine some of these chronological puzzles, by untangling the five main themes that run through the book. By demonstrating how these chronological errors may have arisen, and why certain events in the chronicle are dated much more accurately than others, light may be shed on the sources and methodologies that Matthew used to compose his chronicle.

‎101011 manuscripts: Perl and the Chronicle of Matthew of Edessa‎

The Chronicle of Matthew of Edessa is a twelfth-century Armenian history that survives in 43 manuscripts, held in ten libraries in eight countries. My task is to create a definitive text that is based on all of them. I will talk about the problems of medieval text editing, the ways in which Perl and phylogenetics have come to my rescue, and show a few pretty pictures of manuscripts

Die Entwicklung des Gelbrands (Dystiscus marginalis) bis zum fertigen Imago im Schul-Aquarium

Von Lehrer K. Jessen

Die Entwicklung des Gelbrands (Dytiscus marginalis) bis zum fertigen Imago im Schul-Aquarium : Schluß

Von Lehrer K. Jessen

Traslationi del santissimo volto del saluatore : mandato ad abagaro Rè in Edessa ... /

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