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Dionysius Exiguus’ Paschal Table |
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In this table: A = year of the Christian era, B = indiction number (not essential), C = epact = lunar age on 22 March, D = concurrent = weekday number of 24 March, E = lunar cycle year number (not essential), F = Julian calendar date of the Paschal full moon, G = Julian calendar date of Paschal Sunday, and H = lunar age on Paschal Sunday. In this table only columns C, E, and F have a period of 19 years. |
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C |
D |
E |
F |
G |
H |
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532 533 534 535 536 537 538 542 539 540 541 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 550 |
10 11 12 13 14 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 |
nulla 11 22 3 14 25 6 17 28 9 20 1 12 23 4 15 26 7 18 |
4 5 6 7 2 3 4 5 7 1 2 3 5 6 7 1 3 4 5 |
17 18 19 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 |
5 April 25 March 13 April 2 April 22 March 10 April 30 March 18 April 7 April 27 March 15 April 4 April 24 March 12 April 1 April 21 March 9 April 29 March 17 April |
11 April 27 March 16 April 8 April 23 March 12 April 4 April 24 April 8 April 31 March 20 April 5 April 27 March 16 April 8 April 24 March 12 April 4 April 24 April |
20 16 17 20 15 16 19 20 15 18 19 15 17 18 21 17 17 20 21 |
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551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 560 561 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 569 |
14 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1 2 |
nulla 11 22 3 14 25 6 17 28 9 20 1 12 23 4 15 26 7 18 |
6 1 2 3 4 6 7 1 2 4 5 6 7 2 3 4 5 7 1 |
17 18 19 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 |
5 April 25 March 13 April 2 April 22 March 10 April 30 March 18 April 7 April 27 March 15 April 4 April 24 March 12 April 1 April 21 March 9 April 29 March 17 April |
9 April 31 March 20 April 5 April 28 March 16 April 1 April 21 April 13 April 28 March 17 April 9 April 25 March 13 April 5 April 28 March 10 April 1 April 21 April |
18 20 21 17 20 20 16 17 20 15 16 19 15 15 18 21 15 17 18 |
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570 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 579 580 581 582 583 584 585 586 587 588 |
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
nulla 11 22 3 14 25 6 17 28 9 20 1 12 23 4 15 26 7 18 |
2 3 5 6 7 1 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 6 7 1 2 4 |
17 18 19 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 |
5 April 25 March 13 April 2 April 22 March 10 April 30 March 18 April 7 April 27 March 15 April 4 April 24 March 12 April 1 April 21 March 9 April 29 March 17 April |
6 April 29 March 17 April 9 April 25 March 14 April 5 April 25 April 10 April 2 April 21 April 6 April 29 March 18 April 2 April 25 March 14 April 30 March 18 April |
15 18 18 21 17 18 20 21 17 20 20 16 19 20 15 18 19 15 15 |
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589 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 599 600 601 602 603 604 605 606 607 |
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
nulla 11 22 3 14 25 6 17 28 9 20 1 12 23 4 15 26 7 18 |
5 6 7 2 3 4 5 7 1 2 3 5 6 7 1 3 4 5 6 |
17 18 19 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 |
5 April 25 March 13 April 2 April 22 March 10 April 30 March 18 April 7 April 27 March 15 April 4 April 24 March 12 April 1 April 21 March 9 April 29 March 17 April |
10 April 26 March 15 April 6 April 29 March 11 April 3 April 22 April 14 April 30 March 19 April 10 April 26 March 15 April 7 April 22 March 11 April 3 April 23 April |
19 15 16 18 21 15 18 18 21 17 18 20 16 17 20 15 16 19 20 |
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608 609 610 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 619 620 621 622 623 624 625 626 |
11 12 13 14 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 |
nulla 11 22 3 14 25 6 17 28 9 20 1 12 23 4 15 26 7 18 |
1 2 3 4 6 7 1 2 4 5 6 7 2 3 4 5 7 1 2 |
17 18 19 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 |
5 April 25 March 13 April 2 April 22 March 10 April 30 March 18 April 7 April 27 March 15 April 4 April 24 March 12 April 1 April 21 March 9 April 29 March 17 April |
7 April 30 March 19 April 4 April 26 March 15 April 31 March 20 April 11 April 3 April 16 April 8 April 30 March 19 April 4 April 27 March 15 April 31 March 20 April |
16 19 20 16 18 19 15 16 18 21 15 18 20 21 17 20 20 16 17 |
Dionysius Exiguus’ Paschal table, covering the 95 years AD 532‑626, was composed in AD 525, Beda Venerabilis’ Easter table, covering the 532 years AD 532‑1063, was composed in AD 725. In fact, the latter is an exact extension of the former. In the book in question the former covers the 3 pages 103‑105 while the latter covers the 15 pages 106‑120.
We observe that the 19-year periodic sequence of lunar cycle year numbers contained in Dionysius Exiguus’ Paschal Table does not refer to the classical Alexandrian 19-year lunar cycle (which forms the Metonic basic structure of this Paschal table), but, according to Table 8, seems to refer to the (about thirty years older) Festal Index 19‑year lunar cycle.
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