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Table of Contents
Introduction		9
Two lost ante-Nicene Metonic 19‑year lunar cycles		12
	(1) Anatolius’ 19-year lunar cycle	14
	Reconstructing Anatolius’ 19-year lunar cycle	19
	(1’) The proto-Alexandrian 19-year lunar cycle	31
	Searching for Anatolius’ 19-year lunar cycle	36
	Dating the spring equinox	40
	(2) The archetypal Alexandrian 19‑year lunar cycle	45
	Reconstructing the archetypal 19-year lunar cycle	48
Three well-known post-Nicene Metonic 19-year lunar cycles		58
	(3) The Festal Index 19-year lunar cycle	60
	(4) Theophilus’ 19-year lunar cycle	65
	(5) The classical Alexandrian 19-year lunar cycle	67
The ante-Nicene Alexandrian 2-day gap		71
More evidence		75
Summary		91
Epilogue		93
Bibliography		95
Index		97
Appendix I (Dionysius Exiguus’ Paschal table)		103
Appendix II (Beda Venerabilis’ Easter table)		106

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Table of Contents

Introduction

9

Two lost ante-Nicene Metonic 19‑year lunar cycles

12

(1) Anatolius’ 19-year lunar cycle

14

Reconstructing Anatolius’ 19-year lunar cycle

19

(1’) The proto-Alexandrian 19-year lunar cycle

31

Searching for Anatolius’ 19-year lunar cycle

36

Dating the spring equinox

40

(2) The archetypal Alexandrian 19‑year lunar cycle

45

Reconstructing the archetypal 19-year lunar cycle

48

Three well-known post-Nicene Metonic 19-year lunar cycles

58

(3) The Festal Index 19-year lunar cycle

60

(4) Theophilus’ 19-year lunar cycle

65

(5) The classical Alexandrian 19-year lunar cycle

67

The ante-Nicene Alexandrian 2-day gap

71

More evidence

75

Summary

91

Epilogue

93

Bibliography

95

Index

97

Appendix I (Dionysius Exiguus’ Paschal table)

103

Appendix II (Beda Venerabilis’ Easter table)

106