PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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عرض‘latitude’

Arabic

References: Alm. MS Tunis:
Translation of:
Greek: πλάτος [Alm. Heiberg: I.12, 67:15]
Synonyms:
إقليم[Plan. Sidoli+Berggren: 157, 315, 322, 338]
العرض[Alm. MS Tunis: I.2:23, f. 2v:7]
الفلك العظيم المائل عن معدل النهار[Alm. MS Leiden: f. 17r.6-7]
الميل[Alm. MS Leiden: I.2:23, f. 3r:25]
ميل[Alm. MS Tunis: 22b.1]