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Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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De creticis diebus in continuis febribus et acutis

Paris, BnF, lat. 7316A · 50r

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De creticis diebus in continuis febribus et acutis iuxta Ptolomeum secundum quod Lune status invenerit certificemus. Ad quod oportet scire Lunam in zodiaco 8 proportiones habere. Prima et principalis est existentia gradus in quo cum Sole est, et dicitur coniunctio. Secunda est distantia 60 graduum a dextro, et dicitur aspectus sextilis dexter, in quo aspectu conscideratur media amicitia. Tertia est distantia 90 graduum a dextro, et vocatur aspectus quadratus dexter, in quo media inimicitia conscideratur. Quarta est