The History of Monsters. 741

A. The observer’s eye. B. The observer’s zenith. C. The true Sun.

A. B. The vertical plane, which contains the optical line directed toward the true Sun; around the true Sun, two rainbow-colored circles appeared, concentric with the Sun.

D. E. F. A smaller rainbow of various colors that did not form a complete circle.

G. H. I. A larger rainbow-circle, so faint that it was barely visible; although it was adorned with its own colors, it was nonetheless unstable.

K. L. M. N. A third and largest halo, purely white in color—the same hue that typically adorns the ring sometimes seen encircling the Moon.

In this outer circle, two imperfect suns appeared at the intersections K and N. Their brilliance was similar to the Sun’s, and their outer edges resembled a rainbow. Furthermore, these circles were not perfectly round, but irregular.

Sun N was restless and emitted a somewhat flaming tail from itself, marked N. O. P.

L. and M. were two other suns in the third circle, or rainbow, which were more rounded and stationary, as well as silver in color.

Sun M was not clearly visible and thus quickly vanished, as the circle in that area was the first to disappear.

Sun N faded before Sun K; as it vanished, Sun K became even more brilliant and was the last to dissipate.

Q. and R. mark the equinoctial line. S. and T. indicate the meridian.