What Sunday Letter was the Year of Creation? IV

What was the Sunday Letter for the Year of Creation?

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When we take Gregorian calendar backwards, we get another problem.

You see, it only exists since 1583 and we have not yet here on the blog figured out how its periodicity is.

It differs from that of Julian calendar, insofar as we are certain that some leap years are 8 years apart. Note this was not the case around 1600, since 1600 was a Gregorian leap year.

So, years previous to 1583 are here reconstructed, as they would have been.

1672 CB
0140
1532 CB
0028
1504 CB

Remember that 1904 also was CB?

2016 CB
0084
1932 CB
0028
1904 CB

And 1904 is of course exactly 400 years after 1504. This means that the periodicity is 400 years, precisely as for leap days in general. As we will see, there will be quirks when approaching beginning of time, but this hardly changes the general picture - or does it?

Byz. Lit.		Sync.		St. Jer.		Ussher
1672 CB		1672 CB		1672 CB		1672 CB
5508		5500		5199		4004
7180 CB		7172 CB		6871 CB		5676 CB
5600		-		6800		5600
1580 CB		7180 CB		0071 CB		0076 CB
1200		7172 CB		0056		0056
0380 CB		0008		0015 CB		0020 CB
0056		-		0014 D		0019 D
0324 CB		0092 CB		0013 E		0018 E
0040		0008		0012 F		0017 F
0284 CB		0084 CB		0011 AG		0016 AG
0056		0056		0010 B		0015 B
0228 CB		0028 CB		0009 C		0014 C
0040 !		"0000" CB		0008 D		0013 D
0188 CB				0007 FE		0012 FE
0056				0006 G		0011 G
0132 CB				0005 A		0010 A
0040 !				0004 B		0009 B
0092 CB				0003 DC		0008 DC
0084				0002 E		0007 E
0008 CB				0001 F		0006 F
0007 D						0005 G
0006 E						0004 BA
0005 F						0003 C
0004 AG						0002 D
0003 B						0001 E
0002 C
0001 D

But what if we just missed out on omitting a secular leap day?

Here are remakes of lower parts of tables:

(5508)		(5199)		(4004)
0008 B !		0007 E !		0004 A !
0007 C		0006 F		0003 B
0006 D		0005 G		0002 C
0005 E		0004 A		0001 D
0004 GF		0003 CB
0003 A		0002 D
0002 B		0001 E
0001 C

Should one omit more leap years than Gregorian postulates? Check this:

31556952 seconds mean Gregorian year
31556925 seconds mean tropical year
52-25=27

3200 is how many years it takes for the 27 seconds to add up to a day which would need to be retracted.

In over 7000 years, this has happened twice. Would the above missed centurial day count in these?

(5508)		(5199)		(4004)
0008 B !		0007 E !		0008 C !
0007 C		0006 F		0007 D
0006 D		0005 G		0006 E
0005 E		0004 A		0005 F
0004 F !		0003 B !		0004 G !
0003 G		0002 C		0003 A
0002 A		0001 D		0002 B
0001 B				0001 C

Or would it not count, so we need one omitted leap day more? Giving both for Syncellus, below:

(5508)		(5500)		(5199)		(4004)
0092 CB		1672 CB		0015 B !		0016 G !
0056		5500		0014 C		0015 A
0036 CB		7172 CB		0013 D		0014 B
0035 D		6800		0012 E		0013 C
0034 E		0372 CB		0011 F !		0012 D !
0033 F		0140		0010 G		0011 E
0032 G !		0232 CB		0009 A		0010 F
0031 A		0028		0008 B		0009 G
0030 B		0208 CB		0007 C !		0008 A !
0029 C		0012		0006 D		0007 B
0028 D !		0196 CB		0005 E		0006 C
0027 E		0084		0004 F		0005 D
0026 F		0112 CB		0003 AG		0004 FE
0025 G		0040		0002 B		0003 G
0024 A !		0072 CB		0001 C		0002 A
0023 B		0071 D				0001 B
0022 C		0070 E
0021 D		0069 F
0020 FE		0068 G !
0019 G		0067 A
0018 A		0066 B
0017 B		0065 C
0016 DC		0064 D !
0015 E		0056
0014 F		0008 ED
0013 G		0007 F
0012 BA		0006 G
0011 C		0005 A
0010 D		0004 CB
0009 E		0003 D
0008 GF		0002 E
0007 A		0001 F
0006 B		-
0005 C		0008 D !
0004 ED		0007 E
0003 F		0006 F
0002 G		0005 G
0001 A		0004 BA
		0003 C
		0002 D
		0001 E

We are seeing how St. Jerome's chronology is in some trouble, none of above versions will give a B for year 1, not even a CB (a CB for "0000" or "years zero" or "year before God created" would of course give an A for the year in which God created).

Can we get around this somehow? See next part.

Hans Georg Lundahl
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ut infra.