PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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altissima ‘highest reaches’

Latin

References: Alm. George: I.1:9, f. 4r:18
Translation of:
Greek: μετεωρότατα [Alm. Heiberg: I.1, 5:17]
Synonyms:
elevatissima[Alm. Sicily: I.1:9, f. 1v:46]
suprema altitudo[Alm. Gerard: I.1:9, f. 1va:43]