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287:"From the midpoint of the division a flaming torch sprang up, spewing out, over a considerable distance, fire, hot coals and sparks. Meanwhile the body of the Moon which was below writhed, as it were in anxiety, and to put it in the words of those who reported it to me and saw it with their own eyes, the Moon throbbed like a wounded snake. Afterwards it resumed its proper state. This phenomenon was repeated a dozen times or more, the flame assuming various twisting shapes at random and then returning to normal. Then, after these transformations, the Moon from horn to horn, that is along its whole length, took on a blackish appearance" 437: 24: 301:
Giordano Bruno's youth is its spectacular ray system: because micrometeorites constantly rain down, they kick up enough dust to quickly (in geological terms) erode a ray system. So it can be reasonably hypothesized that Giordano Bruno was formed during the span of human history, perhaps in June 1178.
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Modern theories predict that a (conjectural) asteroid or comet impact on the Moon would cause a plume of molten matter rising up from the surface, which is consistent with the monks' description. In addition, the location recorded fits in well with the crater's location. Additional evidence of
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may therefore be assumed in or soon after that year. Gervase has occasionally been confused with others of the same name, notably with
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in 1879–1880 under the editorship of Dr. Stubbs, whose introduction has been the groundwork of all subsequent accounts of Gervase.
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The rest of Gervase's life is obscure. He was still writing in 1199 and there are slight indications in another chronicle, the
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Five monks from Canterbury reported to the abbey's chronicler, Gervase, that shortly after sunset on 18 June 1178, they saw
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The Historical Works of Gervase of Canterbury Vol 2, The Minor Works comprising The Gesta Regum and The Actus Pontificum.
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The Historical Works of Gervase of Canterbury Vol 1, The Chronicle of the Reigns of Stephen , Henry II , and Richard I.
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The Historical Works of Gervase of Canterbury: The chronicle of the reigns of Stephen, Henry II, and Richard I
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Historical records show that Gervase took a prominent part in the disputes between the monks and
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received his religious profession on 16 February 1163, and perhaps then
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him. He was certainly one of the monks who buried the saint after his
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is based on Gervase's account of the injury and resignation of
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argued against this theory, as also against confusing him with
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and ecclesiastical foundations in the various counties of
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in 1205, also printed by Twysden with the chronicle. (4)
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proposed that this described the formation of the crater
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Historiae Anglicanae Scriptores Decum , London 1652.
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If Gervase's brother Thomas, who like himself was a
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