PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

_ (the underscore) is the placeholder for exactly one character.
% (the percent sign) is the placeholder for no, one or more than one character.
%% (two percent signs) is the placeholder for no, one or more than one character, but not for blank space (so that a search ends at word boundaries).

At the beginning and at the end, these placeholders are superfluous.

à partir de ‘section’

French. – Grammar: n.

References: PH Morelon: I.9:7, 30:13
Translation of:
Arabic: ناحية [PH Morelon: I.9:7, 31:9]