List of Figures
1. Portrait of Ottavio Beltrano (ca. 1595-after 1662) from Almanacco Perpetuo (Napoli, 1647). Public domain.
2. Chiromantic hand diagram (Q-867, 10v). Korneli Kekelidze National Centre of Manuscripts, Tbilisi. Used by permission.
3. Eclipse diagram (Almanacco Perpetuo, 1653, p. 10). Public domain.
4. Illustrations of seven eclipses (Q-867, 31v-32r). Korneli Kekelidze National Centre of Manuscripts, Tbilisi. Used by permission.
5. Illustrations of six eclipses (Almanacco Perpetuo, 1653, p. 22). Public domain.
6. Cosmogram (K-598, page 80). Niko Berdzanishvili Kutaisi State History Museum, Kutaisi. Used by permission.
7. Horoscope for summer ingress (21 June 1635) (Almanacco Perpetuo, 1653, p. 83). Public domain.
8. Horoscope for summer ingress (21 June 1635) (Q-867, 59r). Korneli Kekelidze National Centre of Manuscripts, Tbilisi. Used by permission.
9. Venus and Saturn (Q-867, 69v-70r). Korneli Kekelidze National Centre of Manuscripts, Tbilisi. Used by permission.
10. Venus holding a mirror (Almanacco Perpetuo, 1653, p. 94). Public domain.
11. Saturn and Sun (Almanacco Perpetuo, 1653, p. 95). Public domain.
12. Synopsis of the 28-year cycle (Q-867, 76v). Korneli Kekelidze National Centre of Manuscripts, Tbilisi. Used by permission.
13. Synopsis of the 28-year cycle (Almanacco Perpetuo, 1653, p. 102). Public domain.
14. Illustration of the sun, a comet, and the moon (Q-867, 99v). Korneli Kekelidze National Centre of Manuscripts, Tbilisi. Used by permission.
15. Illustration of the sun, a comet, and the moon (Almanacco Perpetuo, 1653, p. 7). Public domain.
16. Tables of essential dignities (H-1235, 34v). Korneli Kekelidze National Centre of Manuscripts, Tbilisi. Used by permission.
17. Kmnulebis Codnis C’igni (1721), title page and first page of text. National Parliamentary Library of Georgia, Tbilisi.
18. Grave of a Capuchin missionary, Akhaltsikhe (October 2010).
19. Adoration of the Shepherds; Cometologium (H-503, folios 57v-58r). Korneli Kekelidze National Centre of Manuscripts, Tbilisi. Used by permission.
20. Pages from the second Samtvario (H-503, folios 78v-79r). Korneli Kekelidze National Centre of Manuscripts, Tbilisi. Used by permission.
21. Sun, Moon, Mars (S-5237, 5r). Korneli Kekelidze National Centre of Manuscripts, Tbilisi. Used by permission.
22. Cometologium (H-1235, folio 1r). Korneli Kekelidze National Centre of Manuscripts, Tbilisi. Used by permission.
23. The draco cœlestis (CCAG VII, 1908, p. 246). Public domain.
24. Krist’e gamovida indoetit [Christ came forth from India] (H-503, folio 72v, lines 2-3). Korneli Kekelidze National Centre of Manuscripts, Tbilisi. Used by permission.
25. The Bishop (H-503, folio 94v). Korneli Kekelidze National Centre of Manuscripts, Tbilisi. Used by permission.