PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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σφαίρα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ‘heavenly sphere’

Greek

References: Alm. Heiberg: I.6, 20:23
Translated into:
Arabic: كرة السماء [Alm. MS Tunis: I.6:,69 f. 4v:13]
Arabic: فلك السماء [Alm. MS Leiden: I.6:69, f.4v:35]
Modern translations:
English: heavenly sphere [Alm. Toomer: 43]
Synonyms:
οὐράνιος σφαίρα[Alm. Heiberg: I.3, 11:1]