The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Michel Father [priest] ( - fl. 1669)
Relevant locations: Lived at or near Bratislava, BratislavaVisited Košice, Hungary (Kingdom of)
Visited Košice, Slovakia
Relationships: Michel Father [priest] was a correspondent of Edward Brown (1644-1708)
Linked print sources: as Mentions or references - An Extract of a Letter Written by Dr. Edward Brown from Vienna in Austria March 3. 1669 concerning two Parhelia's or Mocksuns, lately seen in Hungary..
References in Documents:
Written by
Dr. Edward Brown
from
in
March
3. 1669
concerning twoParhelia's
or Mocksuns, lately seen in
I received the account of the Parhelia's,
seen Ianuar. 30th
last, ft.n. about one of the clock in the afternoon, over the City
of Hungary. It was communicated to me from a
Learn'd Jesuit, call'd
Michel
is now in this City. There were two
Parhelia's, one on each
side of the true Sun, and they were so resplendent, that the na
ked Eye could not bear the brightness thereof. One of them
(the lesser of the two) began to decay before the other, and
then the other grew bigger, and continued well nigh two houres,
projecting very long rays from it self. They were both on that
part, which was towards the Sun, tinged with a pale yellow,
the other parts being somewhat fuscous. There were at the
same time seen several
Rainbows, together with the Segment
of a great white Circle, of a long duration, passing through the
two
Parhelia'sand the Sun: and all this at a time, when the
Air was almost free from the Clouds, though here and there were
scatter'd some very thin ones.