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Epistolographie und Astronomie in der frühen Palaiologenzeit. Ein bislang unedierter Brief des Nikolaos Rhabdas an Andronikos Zarides aus dem Jahr 1321

    Alexander Riehle

Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik 65, pp. 243-252, 2016/04/05

doi: 10.1553/joeb65s243

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doi:10.1553/joeb65s243


Abstract

Codex Plut. 59.35 of the early fourteenth century transmits a letter, which so far has remained unpublished and therefore almost completely escaped scholarly attention. In this letter, addressed to Andronikos Zarides, the mathematician Nikolaos (Artabasdos) Rhabdas predicts a solar and a lunar eclipse, which can be dated to the year 1321. The present article provides the first edition, with German translation, of this text and explores its implications for the biography of its little-known author and addressee as well as their place within the scholarly circles of the early Palaiologan period.