PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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مخطوط على مركزه ‘concentric’

Arabic

References: PH Morelon: I.3:3, 19:10
Translation of:
Greek: περὶ τὸ αὐτὸ κέντρον [PH Heiberg: I.3:3, 74:13; I.11:7, 92:12-13]
Modern translations:
French: tracé autour de son centre [PH Morelon: I.3:3, 18:13]
German: um den Mittelpunkt derselben gelegen [PH Nix: I.3:3, 75:18]
Synonyms:
(دائرة) يكون مركزها مركز هذا الفلك[PH Morelon: I.3:2, 19:6-7]
مركزه مركزه[PH Morelon: I.11:7, 39:19]