PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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le livre de la Syntaxe‘mathematical systematic treatise (Almagest)’

French

References: PH Morelon: I.2:1, 16:14
Translation of:
Arabic: كتاب السنطكسيس وهو المجسطي [PH Morelon: I.2:1, 17:9]
Synonyms:
Questions mathématiques[PH Morelon: I.1:1, 14:9]