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Caput and cauda draconis (lunar nodes, eclipses) Tibetan amulet Rahu eating the Sun Tamil Nadu, Kumbakonam Rahu Temple (Wat Srisathong) British Museum Five planets, Rahu and Ketu Indian, 11-12 th C British Museum Rahu Orissa, 13 th C British Museum Ketu Orissa, 13 th C

Caput and cauda draconis (eclipses) · Petrus Apianus, Astronomicum Caesarium Ingolstadt 1540 . t Orrtt . pon Whzn Ûppofittoncg r eug numerae ciurdcrn anni. t tttcra utalc. nut'iltca

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Page 1: Caput and cauda draconis (eclipses) · Petrus Apianus, Astronomicum Caesarium Ingolstadt 1540 . t Orrtt . pon Whzn Ûppofittoncg r eug numerae ciurdcrn anni. t tttcra utalc. nut'iltca

Caput and cauda draconis (lunar nodes, eclipses)

Tibetan amulet Rahu eating the Sun

Tamil Nadu, Kumbakonam Rahu Temple (Wat Srisathong)

British Museum Five planets, Rahu and Ketu Indian, 11-12th C

British Museum Rahu Orissa, 13th C

British Museum Ketu Orissa, 13th C

Page 2: Caput and cauda draconis (eclipses) · Petrus Apianus, Astronomicum Caesarium Ingolstadt 1540 . t Orrtt . pon Whzn Ûppofittoncg r eug numerae ciurdcrn anni. t tttcra utalc. nut'iltca

Caput and cauda draconis (eclipses)

Oxford, Bodleian Library Bodley 266 Michael Scot, Liber introductorius

Munich, BSB Clm 10268 Michael Scot, Liber introductorius

Page 3: Caput and cauda draconis (eclipses) · Petrus Apianus, Astronomicum Caesarium Ingolstadt 1540 . t Orrtt . pon Whzn Ûppofittoncg r eug numerae ciurdcrn anni. t tttcra utalc. nut'iltca

Caput and cauda draconis (eclipses)

Three eclipses Almanach (Erfurt: Wolfgang Schenk, 1494)

Almanach with Lunar eclipse 8 Dec 1489 German

Page 4: Caput and cauda draconis (eclipses) · Petrus Apianus, Astronomicum Caesarium Ingolstadt 1540 . t Orrtt . pon Whzn Ûppofittoncg r eug numerae ciurdcrn anni. t tttcra utalc. nut'iltca

Caput and cauda draconis (eclipses)

Oxford, Bodleain Library Petrus Apianus, Astronomicum Caesarium Ingolstadt 1540

Petrus Apianus, Astronomicum Caesarium (different colour scheme) credit:Wikimedia

Oxford, St John’s College Petrus Apianus, Astronomicum Caesarium Ingolstadt 1540