PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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dans le sens du mouvement du monde ‘in the same direction as the revolution of the cosmos’

French

References: PH Morelon: I.10:8, 34:16-17; I.13:6, 48:18
Translation of:
Arabic: إلى الناحية التي يتحرّك إليها العالم [PH Morelon: I.10:8, 35:13; I.13:6, 49:12]