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Pl. 6, Verso - Chronicle of 389–392. Top left: Emperor Theodosius with a small Honorius at his side. Middle left: Theophilus with a Gospel in his hand and a halo. Top right: Lower fragments of a figure representing Emperor Valentinian. Middle right: the counter-Emperor Eugenius. Bottom: two fragments of the Serapeum with stone-throwing monks between them.

The Alexandrian World Chronicle or Chronographia Golenischevensis is an anonymous Greek chronicle compiled in Alexandria, recording history from Creation until the year 392 AD. The chronicle survives in the fragments of a c. 6th-century papyrus named the Golenischev papyrus, well known for its examples of early historical illumination.[1]

  1. ^ Baldwin & Cutler 1991, Burgess 2016, Burgess & Sparks 2018

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of that name." – Anc. Univ. Hist., vol. i, p. 96, note. The Alexandrian World Chronicle states: And Arphaxad begat Cainan, from whom the Samaritans from...

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Hypatia

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taught philosophy and astronomy. Although preceded by Pandrosion, another Alexandrian female mathematician, she is the first female mathematician whose life...

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Theophilus I of Alexandria

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establishment in Alexandria, each of which was supported by a segment of the Alexandrian populace. In 391, Theophilus (according to Rufinus and Sozomen) discovered...

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Roman Egypt

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centre of the first great split in the Christian world, between the Arians, named for the Alexandrian priest Arius, and their opponents, represented by...

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Byzantine illuminated manuscripts

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Gospels, 6th-century Syriac gospel book Alexandrian World Chronicle, probably 6th-century fragmentary world history London Canon Tables, 6th-7th century...

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Anno Mundi

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Confessor and Theophanes the Confessor, and chroniclers such as George Syncellus adopted the Alexandrian Era of 25 March 5493 BCE. Its striking mysticism...

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Excerpta Latina Barbari

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called the Chronicon mundi Alexandrinum ('Alexandrian world chronicle') or Chronographia Alexandrina ('Alexandrian chronograph'). The second part is a collection...

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Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library

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and Didactic Old English 14 Apocalypse: Pseudo-Methodius. An Alexandrian World Chronicle Medieval Latin 13 The Vulgate Bible, Volume IV: The Major Prophetical...

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Hippomancy

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et Benjamin Garstad (trad. Benjamin Garstad), Apocalypse. An Alexandrian World Chronicle, vol. 14 de Dumbarton Oaks medieval library, Harvard University...

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Vladimir Golenishchev

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as the Moscow Mathematical Papyrus, the Story of Wenamun, the Alexandrian World Chronicle, and various Fayum portraits, the Teaching of King Merikare,...

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Sosates

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Garstad, Benjamin, ed. (2012). Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius: An Alexandrian World Chronicle. Harvard University Press. Fraser, Peter M. (1972). Ptolemaic...

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Coptic Orthodox Church

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century, an Alexandrian presbyter named Arius began a theological dispute about the nature of Christ that spread throughout the Christian world and is now...

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Hellenistic period

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characterize the era. The Hellenistic period saw the rise of New Comedy, Alexandrian poetry, translation efforts such as the Septuagint, and the philosophies...

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Byzantine calendar

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Alexandrian Era of March 25, 5493 BC was adopted by church fathers such as Maximus the Confessor and Theophanes the Confessor, as well as chroniclers...

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Oriental Orthodox Churches

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the Syriac Church and the Malankara Syrian Church of India, and the Alexandrian Rite of the Copts, Ethiopians and Eritreans. Oriental Orthodox Churches...

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Annianus of Alexandria

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25 March 5492 BC. This created the Alexandrian era whose first day was the first day of the proleptic Alexandrian civil year in progress, 29 August 5493...

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Codex Alexandrinus

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original text as published; there are three main groups with names: Alexandrian, Western, and Byzantine.: 205–230  The codex is a representative of the...

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Anno Domini

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Leo VI did so in 888. Another calculation had been developed by the Alexandrian monk Annianus around the year AD 400, placing the Annunciation on 25...

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Alexander the Great

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chroniclers recorded valuable information about the areas through which he marched, while the Greeks themselves got a sense of belonging to a world beyond...

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Hebrew Bible

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p. 200. Darshan, G. "The Twenty-Four Books of the Hebrew Bible and Alexandrian Scribal Methods,", in: M.R. Niehoff (ed.), Homer and the Bible in the...

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Theodorus of Tabennese

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Alexandrian, and as such most of his descriptions involve observable actions rather than speech. Furthermore, the stories and miracles he chronicles hearing...

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Sappho

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or third century BC, Alexandrian scholars produced a critical edition of her poetry. There may have been more than one Alexandrian edition – John J. Winkler...

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Old Testament

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explained these variations as intentional or ignorant corruptions by the Alexandrian scholars, but most recent scholarship holds it is simply based on early...

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