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XX.—On the Origin of the Æra Dionysiana, or Æra Vulgaris, or Æra Christiana

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2012

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The question whether the so-called Æra Dionysiana, or Æra Vulgaris, begins in reality with the year of the birth of Christ, and if not, how many years before or after, has occupied for centuries many theologians, historians, and astronomers.

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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1874

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page 335 note a Velificatio vel theoremata de anno ortus ac mortis Domini, deque universa Jesu Christi in carne ceconomia, quÆ ad baccalaureatus in sacra theologia lauream in alma Grjecensi academia in disputationem adducit reverendus dominus et eruditus artium liberalium ac philosophiÆ magister Laurentius Suslyga, Polonus … GrÆcii … 1605. 4to. This dissertation is now very scarce.

page 335 note b Der Stem der Weisen. Kopenhagen, 1827.

page 340 note a See Adv. JudÆos 8: Qua? passio hujus exterminii intra tenipora LXX. hebdomadarum perfecta cst sub Tiberio CÆsare, coss. Bubellio Gemino et Rufio Gemino, mense Martio, temporibus PaschÆ, die VIII. kalendarum Aprilium, die prima azymorum, quo agnum ut occiderent ad vesperum a Moyse fuerat pneceptum.

page 340 note b Augustinus de civ. dei xvm. 54: Mortuus est ergo Christus duobus Geminis consulibns, octavo kal. Aprilis; and, De trinitate iv. 5: Octavo kal, Aprilis conceptus creditur Christus quo et passus.

page 340 note c De tempore, p. 22 (see Suslyga, p. 40 5): Qua die conceptus est in ntero virginis, in ipsa resurrexit ab inferis cum gloria passionis.

page 340 note d Strom, lib. 1, cap. 21: Σωτρα λέγουσιν.

page 340 note e Considering the passion to commence on Thursday evening.

page 340 note f Lib. 1, cap. 21, 145: Πεντεκαιδεκάτψ ούν ἒτει Τιþερίον καί Πεντεκαιδακάτώ Αύλούστον, ούτω Πληρούνται τά υριάκοντα ἒτα Πεντεκαιδεκάτψ ούν ἒτει Τιþερίον καί Πεντεκαιδακάτώ Αύλούστον, ούτω Πληρούνται τά υριάκοντα ἒτα ἒωδ ού ἓΠαθεν.

page 344 note a See Thesaurus Temporum Eusebii Pamphili CæsareÆ Palestinæ Episcopi. Chronicorum Canonum omnimodÆ historiæ libri duo, interprete Hieronymo. Latin and Greek.

page 345 note a See the Prologus of Victorius in Ægidii Bucherii Atrebatis e societate Jesu in Victorii Aqtiitani canonem paschalem scriptum anno Christi vulgavi CCCCLVII. et mine primum in lucem editum Commentarius. Antwerp, 1633, p. 7, seqq.

page 346 note a The Æra of Julius Africanus is founded on historical principles, starting, as is very likely, from the 16th year of Tiberius, and arriving so at his 5550th year. He lived (221 p. Chr.) before Easter cycles were in use.

page 347 note b Hie cyclus Dionysii quinque decennovenalibus constans, hoc est xcv. annis: sumitque exordium a xxx. anno Incarnationis Domini et desinit in DCXXVI. anno. [This passage occurs only among the Latin additions to the Chronicle in the Bodleian MS. Laud. 636. As it stands it is not intelligible. It has been suggested by Mr. R. C. Nichols, F.S.A., that the numeral D has been accidentally inserted, and that the note belongs to the year cxxvi., as 31 + 95 = 126. Ed.]

page 349 note a The German edition was published in Strasburg, 1613, the Latin in Frankfurt, 1614.

page 351 note a Anno ab incarnatione domini secundum evangelium DCCI., juxta Dionysium, cujus errorem adhuc sancta sequitur ecclesia, anno DCLXXIX.

page 351 note b Sancta siquidem Romana et apostolica ecclesia … numerum annorum triginta semper et tribus iinnis minorem quam ab ejus incarnatione Dionysius ponat, adnotat. De temporum ratione, c. 45.

page 351 note c De temporum ratione, cap. 59: Ubi autem primum dominicus resurrectionis Cliristi dies fuerit, varie refertur; et quidem, ut supra meoioravimus, quidem vm. Calendarum Aprilium, sed alii vi. uonnulli v. Calendarum earundem die fuisse adseverant. Ubi notandum, quia si octava Calendarum memoratarum, ut antiquiores scripsere, resurrectio Domini facta est, quintus profecto circuli decennovenalis tune agebatur annus, habens concurrentes vn. et lunam decimamquartam, sicut semper xi. Calendarum Aprilium. Si autem vi. Calendarum Aprilium Dominus resurrexit, tertiusdeeimus circuli prtefati annus extitit, v. habens concurrentes, et lunam decimamquartam, ut semper nono Calendarum Aprilium. Porro si quinto Calen-darum suprascriptarum resurrectio celebrata est Christi, secundus circuli decennovenalis existens annus concurrentes habebat quartam, e lunam decimamquartam: sicut semper octavo Calendarum Aprilium, quse cunctse decimseseptimee hinse, in qua die dominica prima sacrosanctaj resurrectionis sunt acta mysteria, cursu panduntur indubio….