PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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en sens contraire de celui des signes/dans le sens contraire à celui des signes ‘in the advance direction of the cosmos’

French

References: PH Morelon: I.9:9, 30:19; I.10:11, 36:11-12
Translation of:
Arabic: على خلاف توالي البروج [PH Morelon: I.9:9, 31:13-14; I.10:11, 37:8-9]