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The three suns of Mortimer’s Cross…repeated in 2015….

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Three suns

Thank you to the Mortimer History Society for an excellent article about the parhelion of Mortimer’s Cross in 1461….and a repeat of it in Ludlow of 2015.

http://www.mortimerhistorysociety.org.uk/index.php/parhelion

https://murreyandblue.wordpress.com/2015/01/14/ghosts-of-the-roses/

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  1. simonjkyte Avatar
    simonjkyte

    do you know john everard’s ‘three sunnes’ document in the british library?

    Gallery 2 – more images

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    simonjkyte

    I can post more if you like. Everard kept a close record of past parhelic events and even meteor landings

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    1. viscountessw Avatar
      viscountessw

      Yes, please, Simon. Would love to read more. Thank you.

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      1. simonjkyte Avatar
        simonjkyte

        ok will try to sort out tonight for you. ascribing it to john everard as the BL has done is controversial too

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    simonjkyte

    and there is a beautiful image in a church in stockholm in case you don’t know it

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