PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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Liber Almagesti ‘mathematical systematic treatise (Almagest)’

Latin. – Grammar: n.

References: Alm. Gerard: f. 1r:1
Translation of:
Arabic: الـمجسطي [Alm. MS Leiden: I: f. 2v:5. – Alm. MS Tunis: I:f. 1v:3]
Synonyms:
Almagesti[Alm. George: f. 1r:3]
Magne compositionis libri[Alm. George: f. 3v:23]