PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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كرة الكواكب الثابتة‘the sphere of the fixed stars’

Arabic

References: Alm. MS Tunis: I.2:27, f. 2v:15. – PH Morelon: I.5:3, 21:17
Translation of:
Greek: ἡ τῶν ἀπλανῶν ἀστέρων σφαῖρα [Alm. Heiberg: I.2, 9:23-24]
Greek: ἡ τῶν ἀπλανῶν σφαίρα [PH Heiberg: I.5:3, 76:28]
Modern translations:
French: la sphère des étoiles fixes [PH Morelon: I.5:3, 20:26]
German: die Sphäre der Fixsterne [PH Nix: I.5:3, 77:32]
Synonyms:
فلك النجوم الثابتة[Alm. MS Leiden: I.2:27, f. 3r:37]