PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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σεληνιακὴ σφαίρα‘lunar sphere’

Greek

References: Alm. Heiberg: I.1, 5:24. – PH Heiberg: I.9:1, 80:28
Translated into:
Arabic: فلك القمر [Alm. MS Leiden: I.1:10, f. 2v:31]
Arabic: كرة القمر [Alm. MS Tunis: I.1:10, f. 2r:4. – PH Morelon: I.9:1, 29:2]
Modern translations:
English: lunar sphere [Alm. Toomer: 36]
English: lunar sphere [PH Hamm: I.9:1, 51:3]