The voyage of synesius

Journal of Navigation

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 435-444

  Kahanov, Yaacov ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amarantus; Azarium; Synesius

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MAPPING; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

HISTORICAL RECORD; MARITIME TRANSPORTATION;

SCOMBERESOX SAURUS SAURUS;

EID: 33749134435     PISSN: 03734633     EISSN: 14697785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0373463306003900     Document Type: Article

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1. The text is6 Epistola 5 in Garzya, A. R. (1979). Synesii Cyrenesis Epistolae. Typis Officinae Polygraphicae, Rome.
2. A well-known translation of the text is: Fitzgerald, A. (1926). The Letters of Synesius of Cyrene. Oxford University Press, London.
3. It was adapted by Meijer, F. J. and Van Nijf, O. (1992). Trade, Transport and Society in the Ancient World: A Sourcebook. Routledge, London, pp. 170-175.
4. See for example Casson, L. (1952). Bishop Synesius' Voyage to Cyrene. The American Neptune 12: 1, 294 296
5. Casson, L. (1996). Studies in Ancient Sails and Rigging. In Essays in Honor of C. Bradford Welles. American Studies in Papyrology, Volume 1. The American Society of Papyrologia, New Haven, pp. 43-58
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10. Casson (1952), 294 296.
11. Casson (1995), p. 268 note 1
12. Meijer (1986), 67
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14. Casson (1995), p. 268
15. Casson (1996), p. 50
16. Meijer (1986), 67.
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18. Casson (1996), pp. 49-51.
19. Meijer (1986), 67-68.
20. Meijer (1986), 68.
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26. and 'double-masted freighters' by Meijer and Van Nijf (1992), p. 172,
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34. Meijer (1986), 67.
35. Garzya (1979), p. 11.
36. Rubin, Z. Jews in International Commerce in Late Antiquity. The article is in press in Late Antiquity and Early Islam. The specific suggested dates include the relevant references. I am grateful to Professor Ze'ev Rubin for allowing me to refer to his typescript before publication. Reference to this paper will mention the name of the author only.
37. Fitzgerald (1926), p. 80 note 4.
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42. Meijer and Van Nijf (1992), pp. 47, 101, 165-167.
43. Mediterranean Pilot, p. 18.
44. Calculations are based on Mediterranean Pilot, p. 31 Table 1. 151.1-4.
45. Mediterranean Pilot, p. 45 Table 1. 174.
46. Mediterranean Pilot, p. 43 Table 1. 172, p. 45 Table 1. 174.
47. As is clearly shown in the Mediterranean Pilot, p. 31 diagram 1.151.3.
48. Mediterranean Pilot, p. 43 Table 1.172-Darnah, p. 44 Table 1.173-Salûm, p. 45 Table 1. 174 - Alexandria.
49. It is unlikely that a squall is described. It is generally associated with a north or north-east wind - see Mediterranean Pilot, p. 18 - which is not reported in the text.
50. See Murray (1987), 147.
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52. Casson (1995), pp. 332-333, 336-337.
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54. Herodotus 2.5.
55. Garzya (1979), p. 13 note 1.
56. Casson (1952), 294.
57. Mediterranean Pilot, 101 3.50-3.53.
58. Acts 27: 29.
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61. Acts 27: 30-32.
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63. Ya'ari (1948), pp. 82, 83.
64. Felix Fabri, p. 42.
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66. See notes 6, 7 above;
67. and see e.g. Torlonia relief.
68. Broadhurst (1952), pp. 28, 327, (March 16th 1183 and October 27th 1184)
69. Ya'ari (1948), p. 82
70. Felix Fabri, p. 38.
71. I am grateful to Dr. Ivor Ludlum for his assistance in interpreting the Greek text.
72. Jones, A. H. M. (1964). The Later Roman Empire 284-602. Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 2, p. 843.