PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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die Herstellung von Instrumenten‘instrument making’

German

References: PH Nix: I.2:3, 71:30-31
Translation of:
Arabic: (الطريق في) تهيئة الآلات [PH Morelon: I.2:3, 17:18]
Synonyms:
Instrumente bauen[PH Nix: I.1:3, 71:19-20]