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Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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Pseudo-Ptolemy, Liber Ptholomei regis Egiptii

Paris, BnF, lat. 17178 · 33v

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Ptholomei regis Egiptii liber incipit

Antiquorum secreta ruminando philosoforum, nullum opus in arte m…ci m…ci] unclear P opere de ymaginibus certius nec fortius inveni. Dummodo non sensibili errore fuerit circa eam erratum. Plures nanque philosoforum ante me in hac scientia periti atque experti tractatus diversos conati sunt co⟨m⟩pilare. Ego autem opera eorum commendans multa pertranseam non tanquam superflua et inutilia, sed causa brevitatis omitto.

Sequitur operatio ymaginis ad civitatis destructionem

Si ergo volueris operari ad destructionem alicuius civitatis vel castri vel villae, funde ymaginem Saturni in secunda facie ,] irregular symbol, presumably for a zodiacal sign P in ipsa hora Saturni, Saturni] irregular symbol, possibly for Saturn P ymaginem dico formatam ad modum talis formae vel figurae dicendo, carmen conveniens tali negocio quod in fine libri sequitur, parte parte] uncertain reading P acci… The text breaks off at this point P