PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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ein Kreis dessen Mittelpunkt der Mittelpunktdes Tierkreises ist ‘circle concentric with the zodiac’

German

References: PH Nix: I.9:1, 81:31-32
Translation of:
Arabic: فلك مركزه مركز فلك البروج [PH Morelon: I.9:1, 29:2]