PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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Teile des Tierkreises ‘the parts of the zodiac’

German

References: PH Nix: I.2:2, 73:22
Translation of:
Arabic: أقسام منطقة فلك البروج [PH Morelon: I.2:2, 17:14]