PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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كرة القمر‘lunar sphere’

Arabic

References: Alm. MS Tunis: I.1:10, f. 2r:4. – PH Morelon: I.9:1, 29:2
Translation of:
Greek: σεληνιακὴ σφαίρα [Alm. Heiberg: I.1, 5:24. – PH Heiberg: I.9:1, 80:28]
Modern translations:
French: la sphère de la lune [PH Morelon: I.9:1, 28:2]
German: die Sphäre des Mondes [PH Nix: I.9:1, 81:31]
Synonyms:
فلك القمر[Alm. MS Leiden: I.1:10, f. 2v:31]