The Earliest Drawings of Datable Auroras and a Two-Tail Comet from the Syriac Chronicle of Zūqnīn

The Earliest Drawings of Datable Auroras and a Two-Tail Comet from the Syriac Chronicle of ZūqnīnPublications of the Astronomical Society of JapanSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/F9PH7UDH/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.HisashiHayakawaYasuyukiMitsumaYasunoriFujiwaraAkito DavisKawamuraRyuhoKataokaYusukeEbiharaShunsukeKosakaKiyomiIwahashiHarufumiTamazawaHiroakiIsobeThe Earliest Drawings of Datable Auroras and a Two-Tail Comet from the Syriac Chronicle of Zūqnīnhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/F9PH7UDHhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/F9PH7UDHhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/F9PH7UDHPublications of the Astronomical Society of Japan69:220171-15People have probably been watching the sky since the beginning of human history. Observers in pre-telescopic ages recorded anomalous events, which now provide uniquely valuable information for modern scientists. Records that include drawings are particularly useful, since the verbal expressions recorded by pre-telescopic observers, who did not know the physical nature of the phenomena, are often ambiguous. However, drawings concerning specific datable events in the historical documents are far fewer than the verbal records. Therefore, in this paper we show the possible earliest drawings of datable auroras and a two-tail comet included in a manuscript of the Chronicle of Zūqnīn, a Syriac chronicle up to 775/776 CE, to interpret their nature. Careful perusing the original Syriac autograph manuscript, MS Vat.Sir.162, provide not only historical facts in the realm around Amida, but also information concerning low-latitude aurora observations due to extreme space weather events and the existence of sun-grazing comets. Hayakawa, Hisashi, Yasuyuki Mitsuma, Yasunori Fujiwara, Akito Davis Kawamura, Ryuho Kataoka, Yusuke Ebihara, Shunsuke Kosaka, Kiyomi Iwahashi, Harufumi Tamazawa, and Hiroaki Isobe. “The Earliest Drawings of Datable Auroras and a Two-Tail Comet from the Syriac Chronicle of Zūqnīn.” Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan 69:2 (2017): 1–15. Hisashi Hayakawa et al., The Earliest Drawings of Datable Auroras and a Two-Tail Comet from the Syriac Chronicle of Zūqnīn, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan 69:2 (2017): 1–15.Chronicle of ZuqninJacobitesVII-XVIII CEVIII CEartastronomyhistoriography