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Work C.2.40

Anonymous
Commentary on the Quadripartitum V

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.

Origin

Unknown.

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