Anonymous
Ennaratio in Claudii Ptolemaei quatuor libros De iudiciis (tr. Hieronymus Wolf)
A translation of the Anonymous Commentary on the Tetrabiblos (C.2.12) by Hieronymus Wolf (1516-1580), who published it in Basel in 1559, together with the Greek original text, in two columns.
Text ‘(ed. Basel 1559) (1-52) [book i] Enarrator ignoti nominis in Claudii Ptolemaei quatuor libros De iudiciis, anonymo interprete. In exordio Ptolemaeus contra eos disputat, qui astrologiam artem esse negant, eamque demonstrare volunt — Si Saturno significat frigus et impedimentum coitus. Finis enarrationis primi libri. (53-85) [book ii] Enarratio secundi libri. Divisio considerationis universalis. Eorum praecipua quae nunc tanquam in tabella exposuimus. Omnibus praeceptis institutionum quae quod quasi in tabella spectanda — te remittit atque ita liber finit. Commentariorum in secundum Quadripartiti finis. (86-145) [book iii] Enarratio tertii libri. Tractata superius a nobis. Autori propositum est in exordio tertii libri — eorum quae dicta sunt omnium fit autor. Finis enarrationis tertii libri. (146-180) [book iv] Enarratio quartii libri. Ea quae genituram antecedunt. Absolvit etiam tertium librum fastigio — etiam angulis e substractione ascensionum regulae rectae sphaerae, initia omnum angulorum sumus habituri. Finis enarrationis Quadripartiti mathematici Ptolemaei Claudii.’
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