Arabus et Latinus

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" "

encloses a sequence of words so that the sequence is searched as a whole.

The following word must appear.

The following word must not appear.

The following word should not appear but may appear.

The following word should appear but is not as relevant as other words.

The following word should appear and is more relevant than other words.

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Work B.19

Pseudo-Ptolemy
Liber Ptholomei regis Egiptii

Text

‘(Paris, BnF, lat. 17178) Ptholomei regis Egiptii liber incipit. Antiquorum secreta ruminando philosophorum nullum opus in arte misci (?) opere de y<maginib>us certius nec fortius… Sequitur operatio y<maginis> ad civitatis destructionem. Si ergo volueris operari ad destructionem alicuius civitatis vel castri vel villae, funde y<maginem> Saturni — carmen convenies tali negocio quod in fine libri sequitur parte (?) acci…’

Content

A text of astral magic, of which only the beginning survives.

Origin

Unknown.

Bibl.

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Ed.

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MSS	Paris, BnF, lat. 17178 , s. XV, f. 33v Images