TY - JOUR
T1 - European historical evidence of the supernova of AD 1054 Balkan medieval tombstones
AU - Filipović, Miroslav D.
AU - Ilić, Miro
AU - Jarrett, Thomas
AU - Payne, Jeffrey
AU - Urošević, Dejan
AU - Tothill, Nick F. H.
AU - Kavanagh, Patrick J.
AU - Longo, Giuseppe
AU - Crawford, Evan J.
AU - Collier, Jordan
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - In a previous work, we establish that the acclaimed 'Arabic' records of SN 1054 from ibn Butlan originate from Europe. Also, we reconstructed the European sky at the time of the event and find that the 'new star' (SN 1054) was in the west while the planet Venus was on the opposite side of the sky (in the east) with the Sun sited directly between these two equally bright objects, as documented in East-Asian records. Here, we investigate the engravings on tombstones (stećci) from several necropolises in present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina (far from the influence of the Church) as a possible European 'record' of SN 1054. Certainly, knowledge and understanding of celestial events (such as supernovae) were somewhat poor in the mid-XI century.
AB - In a previous work, we establish that the acclaimed 'Arabic' records of SN 1054 from ibn Butlan originate from Europe. Also, we reconstructed the European sky at the time of the event and find that the 'new star' (SN 1054) was in the west while the planet Venus was on the opposite side of the sky (in the east) with the Sun sited directly between these two equally bright objects, as documented in East-Asian records. Here, we investigate the engravings on tombstones (stećci) from several necropolises in present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina (far from the influence of the Church) as a possible European 'record' of SN 1054. Certainly, knowledge and understanding of celestial events (such as supernovae) were somewhat poor in the mid-XI century.
KW - Christianity
KW - History and Philosophy of Astronomy
KW - ISM: Supernova Remnants
KW - Supernovae: SN1054
KW - Symbols
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85110140020&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/westernsydney.edu.au?url=https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2105.02119
U2 - 10.48550/arXiv.2105.02119
DO - 10.48550/arXiv.2105.02119
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85110140020
SN - 1841-0464
VL - 17
SP - 11
EP - 20
JO - European Journal of Science and Theology
JF - European Journal of Science and Theology
IS - 4
ER -