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What does ISTI MIRANT STELLA mean?

Question #111183. Asked by serpa.
Last updated Sep 01 2016.

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great2beme
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"These men wonder at the star."?

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halley%27s_Comet

Dec 01 2009, 10:38 PM
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The appearance of Halley's Comet in 1066 was recorded on the Bayeux Tapestry. The caption, ISTI MIRANT STELLA, was translated in a 1966 National Geographic article as "These men wonder at the star."


link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halley%27s_Comet

Dec 01 2009, 10:39 PM
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In the Bayeux tapestry we are shown two men gazing into the sky with the inscription Isti Mirant (These men wonder) then a fiery ball with a tail, with the word Stella (The star): and then Harold on a throne looking into the lower border of the tapestry where a ghostly fleet of ships is pictured.

For more details about all of the tapestry's inscriptions,
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayeux_Tapestry_tituli#Latin_text_with_English_translation

Response last updated by nautilator on Sep 01 2016.
Dec 02 2009, 3:12 AM
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