PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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die bewegende Sphäre ‘carrier’

German

References: PH Nix: I.3:2, 75:15-16
Translation of:
Arabic: الفلك المحرّك [PH Morelon: I.3:2, 19:8]
Synonyms:
Beweger[PH Nix: II.10, 122]