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Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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Ptolemy, Quadripartitum (tr. Philipp Melanchthon)

Basel, Johannes Oporinus, 1553 · 218

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pum et cardinem occiduum antecedunt; in Luna vero, quadrantes duos novilunio novilunio] nouiluuio B et plenilunio proximisque quadraturis interiectos, id est, unum in quo Luna a congressu cum Sole crescit usque ad figuram dimidiatam, alterum, in quo post plenum orbem marcescit rursus usque ad effigiem dimidiatam; occidentales quadrantes intelligimus eos, qui his opponuntur.

Firma autem ut plurimum fiunt et durabilia coniugia, quando in genituris utriusque lumina amicis se mutuo radiis intuentur, utpote triquetris vel sexangulis, tumque vel maxime quando ex suis locis vicissitudine quadam permutatis se mutuo receperint; multo etiam magis, quando viri Lunae mulieris Soli hoc modo congruerit. Dissolvuntur autem levi occasione matrimonia et alienati a se mutuo prorsus dissident coniuges, quando positus luminum iam commemorati incidunt in signa inconiuncta et aliena vel ipsa oppositis quadratisve se mutuo feriunt ra