PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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مطالع الأزمان‘rising times’

Arabic

References: Alm. MS Leiden: f. 24v.2
Translation of:
Greek: ἀναφορικοὶ χρόνοι [Alm. Heiberg: II.9, 142:3]
Synonyms:
أزمان المطالع[Alm. MS Tunis: 31a.2]
ما يطلع من أزمان معدّل النهار مع[Alm. MS Leiden: f. 21r.16-17]
مطالع[Alm. MS Tunis: 27b.29]
مطالع[Alm. MS Leiden: f. 20r.20; f. 22r.22. – Alm. MS Tunis: 26b.16; 29a.11]