Editing Halley's Comet (section)

===1145–1378===
[[File:Giotto - Scrovegni - -18- - Adoration of the Magi.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|The ''[[Adoration of the Magi]]'' (circa 1305) by ''Giotto'', who purportedly modelled the star of Bethlehem on Halley, which had been sighted 4 years before that painting.|alt=The wise men and several animals cluster around the baby Jesus, while a comet-like object streaks overhead]]

The 1145 apparition may have been recorded by the monk [[Eadwine Psalter|Eadwine]].<ref name="Olson1979"/>

According to legend, [[Genghis Khan]] was inspired to turn his conquests toward Europe by the westward-seeming trajectory of the 1222 apparition.<ref name="Johnson1997"/><ref name="Cook2008"/> In Korea, the comet was reportedly visible during the daylight on 9 September 1222.<ref name="Choi2017"/>

The 1301 apparition was visually spectacular, and may be the first that resulted in convincing portraits of a particular comet. The [[Florence (Italy)|Florentine]] chronicler [[Giovanni Villani]] wrote that the comet left "great trails of fumes behind", and that it remained visible from September 1301 until January 1302.{{efn|There are doubts about the latter date. It is generally accepted that the comet was visible from about mid September until about early November.}}<ref name="art"/> It was seen by the artist [[Giotto|Giotto di Bondone]], who represented the [[Star of Bethlehem]] as a fire-coloured comet in the [[Nativity of Jesus in art|Nativity]] section of his [[Scrovegni Chapel|Arena Chapel]] cycle, completed in 1305. Giotto's depiction includes details of the coma, a sweeping tail, and the central condensation. According to the [[art historian]] [[Roberta Olson]], it is much more accurate than other contemporary descriptions, and was not equaled in painting until the 19th century.<ref name="Olson1979"/><ref name="art"/> Olson's identification of Halley's Comet in Giotto's ''Adoration of the Magi'' is what inspired the [[European Space Agency]] to name their mission to the comet ''Giotto'', after the artist.<ref name="asteroid"/>

Halley's 1378 appearance is recorded in the ''Annales Mediolanenses''<ref>''Rerum Italicarum Scriptores'', ed. Ludovico Antonio Muratori (Milan, 1730) v. 16 col. 770.</ref> as well as in East Asian sources.{{sfn|Kronk|1999|pp=253–255}}