PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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Isaac Argyros, 〈Paraphrasis in Anonymum commentum in Quadripartitum〉

Madrid, UC-BH, cod. 122 · 53v

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nices vero et Chaldei et Orchenii cum Leone et Sole familiaritatem potius habent; ac eamobrem simpliciores sunt et humaniores ac magis benevoli φιλαστρόλογοι (from φιλαστρόλογος: loving astrology) is left untranslated; Hübner, p. 110, l. 313 et maSolem maxime omnium colentes. Qui vero in Arabia degunt Felici, cum Sagittario et Iove magis habent familiaritatem; unde iuxta regionis appellationem fertilitas accidit regionis ac maxima aromatumque proventus hominumque ⟨…⟩ εὐάρμοστον (from εὐάρμοστος: harmonious) is left untranslated; Hübner p. 110, l. 317-318 ad conversationes libertas corr. ex libertatem et commutationes et negocia.