PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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Zeit ‘time’

German

References: PH Nix: I.3:1, 75:9
Translation of:
Arabic: زمان [Alm. MS Leiden: I.1:11, f. 2v:32; I.3:36, f. 3v:21; I.5:58, f. 4v:10; f. 14r; I.16:234, f. 14r:8. – Alm. MS Tunis: 1.1:11, f. 2r:5; I.3:36, f. 3v:9; I.5:58, f. 4r:15; I.16:234, f. 14v:26; 18a-b. – PH Morelon: I.3:1, 19:6]