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Ptolemaeus

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Work C.2.29

Anonymous
Commentary on the Quadripartitum

Text ‘(Perugia, BCA, A. 23) Claudii Ptholomaei mathematici operis de iudiciis astrologicis libri quatuor. Liber primus. Praefatio. [text] Duo sunt, Syre, per quae predictiones astrologicae extruuntur, praecipua et maxima. Unum, quod primum ordine est… [comm.] Hoc est proëmium presenti operis, in quo, quae in — (67r) [text] Contextus. Ac Lunae quidem effectus manifestiores et crebriores sunt… aliquam discedunt. [comm.] … ad terram ceteros …at (?) planetas.’

Content An extensive commentary on the beginning of the Quadripartitum (I.1 and beginning of I.2) in Philipp Melanchthon’s translation (A.2.10).

Origin Unknown.

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Perugia, BCA, A. 23, s. XVII, f. 45r-68v  Images