Whilst transcribing Folio 55v of E2, I was hugely surprised when suddenly the sun became dark, for an hour or so. No, there wasn’t a solar eclipse here in Birmingham (although the weather’s so miserable and dull today it may as well be!). I was in fact lucky enough to read about one in the 10th century recorded within the Estoria!
[…] Et en aqeul dia assi como cuenta la Estoria escurescio el sol. Et duro le la escureza quanto podrie ser una ora. […]
It would have been an astounding (and perhaps terrifying) thing to witness centuries ago…
