PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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كتاب السنطكسيس وهو المجسطي‘mathematical systematic treatise (Almagest)’

Arabic

References: PH Morelon: I.2:1, 17:9
Translation of:
Greek: σύνταξις [PH Heiberg: Ι.2:1, 72:7]
Modern translations:
French: le livre de la Syntaxe [PH Morelon: I.2:1, 16:14]
German: das Buch Syntaxis [PH Nix: I.2:1, 73:9]
Synonyms:
Mathematica seu Meguisti sintaxis / Elmeguisti[Alm. Sicily: f. 1r:15]
الأمور التعليمية[PH Morelon: I.1:1, 15:5]
الـمجسطي[Alm. MS Leiden: I: f. 2v:5. – Alm. MS Tunis: I:f. 1v:3]