PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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Isaac Argyros, 〈Paraphrasis in Anonymum commentum in Quadripartitum〉

Madrid, UC-BH, cod. 122 · 33r

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Secundum vero trigonum quod ex Tauro, Virgine et Capricorno consistensexistit ex tribus signis femininis constitutum, traditum consequenter est Lune ac Veneri consequenter est assignatum ac noctu quidem eius oecodespotiam Luna obtinet, Venus autem interdiu. Estque Taurus magis quidem ad circulum estivum, Virgo vero ad equinoctialem, Capricornus autem ad hybernum. Est autem precipue quidem hoc trigonum australe propter Veneris oecodespotiam, quoniam hec stella h propter potestatis caliditatem et humiditatem similes ventos efficit; assummit autem subsolani mixtionem, eo quod sit in eo i. m. Saturni domicilium, Capricornus, constituiturque notapelioticum secundum contrariam primi positionem, quoniam Saturnus huiusmodi ventorum est effector, familiaritatem cum oriente habens propter factionem quam habet cum Sole. Tertium autem trigonum quod sit ex Geminis, Libra et Aquario ex preceded by two crossed out letters that I was not able to read tribus masculinis signis conflatum, nullam cum Marte habet rationem