PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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الأمور الظاهرة  ‘phenomena’

Arabic

References: Alm. MS Leiden: I.3:33, f. 3v:12-13. – Alm. MS Tunis: I.3:33, f. 3r:1-2
Translation of:
Greek: φαινόμενα [Alm. Heiberg: I.3, 11:12]
Translated into:
Latin: res apparentes [Alm. Gerard: I.3:33, f. 2rb:35]