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A fact from Solar eclipse of May 1, 1185 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 April 2015 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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The Laurentinian codex is quoted by "On the first day of the month of May, on the day of the Saint Prophet Jeremiah, on Wednesday[...]" which would perfectly fit the eclipse in Gregorian time. In Julian calendar (which I think was in place in the 1185 Rus), it should have been April 24th. Can anyone clarify on that? Is the codex quoted in a translated and date-transduced edition?
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