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nounced by a comet winch, appeared for several nights."— • 

 (Hennenfeld, Annates Silesice.) It lasted the whole of Easter 

 week. — (Morigiae, Ghronicon, i.) 



1060. A little after the death of Henry, King of France 

 [August 29], a comet, with a long tail, appeared in the morn- 

 ing. — (Will. Malmsbury.) 



1067. A comet appeared at the death of Constantino Ducas 

 [May] . — {Ghronicon Andegavense, ii.) 



1071 — 8. During the reign of Michael Parapinatius comets 

 frequently appeared. — (Curopalatas Excejpta e Breviario histo- 

 rico, p. 856.) 



1075. On November 17, a comet 3° long, appeared in the 

 middle of Corvus ; on the 18th the tail was bifid and curved ; 

 and on the 19th its length was 5° ; on the 20th its length was 

 7°, and it pointed towards rj Corvi ; on November 29 the comet 

 entered the Hyades and disappeared. — (Ma-tuoan-lin ; De 

 Mailla, viii. 235.) 



1080. [i.] On August 10 a comet 10° long appeared to the 

 S. of Coma Berenicis ; it was curved, and pointed to the S.E. 

 Its R.A. exceeded that of y Corvi by 8 or 9 degrees. On 

 August 13 it reached towards the W. of the north country. 

 [Pingre does not understand what is meant.] Its R.A. ex- 

 ceeded that of a Corvi by 9° ; on August 15 it was 3° long, 

 curved, and penetrated Coma Berenicis. On August [18 or 

 20] the comet passed very near a and y Leonis. On August 

 24 the comet entered the Hyades and disappeared. — (Ma- 

 tuoan-lin.) 



1080. [ii.] On August 27 a comet (which Ma-tuoan-lin 

 regards as the preceding again visible) appeared between k 

 and <£ Hydras and lasted till September 14. Pingre is our 

 authority for separating these accounts. — (Comet, i. 625.) 



1096. On October 7, a comet like a sword appeared in the 

 southern part of the heavens. — (Ekkeardus, Annalist a 

 Saxo.) 



1098. On June 3, "the night of the capture of Antioch," a 

 comet shone out with great brilliancy. — (Robertus, Historia 

 Hierosolymitana, v.) 



1101. On January 31, a large comet appeared in the W. 

 soon after sunset. — (Synopsis Chronological) 



1106. A splendid comet appeared this year; it was first 

 seen on February 4, within 1^ feet of the sun, between the 

 third and ninth hour of the day. In Palestine it became visible 

 on February 7, and in China three days later. On February 7, 

 it was at the beginning of the sign Pisces, and passed by the 

 Northern Fish and southern arm of Andromeda, a and yS 

 Arietis, and the Pleiades to the Hyades. The comet remained 

 visible for seven or eight weeks, and had a tail 63° long. — 



