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Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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Ptolemy, Almagesti (tr. Sicily c. 1150)

Vatican, BAV, Vat. lat. 2056 · 14r

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CANONIUM SECUNDUM DECAMIRIAM ANAPHORARUM
Signa Spere recte hore xii Abaliti sinus Meroys
de ca mi rie hore xii et de latitudine viii xxii hore xiii latitudinis g xvi xxvii
Ascensiones singularum decamiriarum Tempora aggregata Ascensiones singularium decamiriarum Tempora aggregata Ascensiones Aggregationes
G M G M G M G M G M G M
Aries x ix x ix x viii xxxv viii xxxv vii lviii vii lviii
xx ix xv xviii xxv viii xxxix xvii xiiii viii v xvi iii
xxx ix xxv xxvii l viii lii xxvi vi viii xvii xxiiii xx
Taurus x ix xl xxxvii xxxx ix viii xxxv xiiii viii xxxvi xxxii lvi
xx ix lviii xlvii xviii ix xxix xliiii xliiii ix i xli lvii
xxx x xvi lvii xliiii ix li liiii xxxiiii ix xxvii li xxiiii
Gemini x x xxxiiii lxviii xviii x xv lxiiii xlix ix lvi lxi xx
xx x xlvii lxxix v x xxxv lxxv xxiiii x xxiii lxxi xliii
xxx x lv xc o x li lxxxvi xv x xlvii lxxxii xxx
Cancer x x lv c lv x lix xcvii xiiii xi iii xciii xxxiii
xx x xlvii cxi xlii x lix cviii xiii xi xi ciiii xliiii
xxx x xxxiiii cxxii xvi x xxxiii cxix vi xi xii cxvi lvi
Leo x x xvi cxxxii xxxii x xli cxxix xlvii xi v cxxvii l
xx ix lviii cxlii xxx x xxvii cxl xiiii x lv cxxxvii lvi
xxx ix xl clii x x xii cl xxvi x xliiii cxlviii xl
Virgo x ix xxv clxi xxxv ix lviii clx xxiiii x xxxiii clix xiii
xx ix xv clxx l ix li clxx xv x xxv clxix xxxviii
xxx ix x clxxx o ix xlv clxxx o x xxii clxxx o
Libra x ix x clxxxix x ix xlv clxxxix xlv x xxii cxc xxii
xx ix xv cxcviii xxv ix li cxcix xxxvi x xxv cc xlvii
xxx ix xxv ccvii l ix lviii ccix xxxiiii x xxxiii ccxi xx
Scorpius x ix xl ccxvii xxx x xii ccxix xlvi x xliiii ccxxii iv
xx ix lviii ccxxvii xxviii x xxvii ccxxx xiii x lv ccxxxii lix
xxx x xvi ccxxxvii xliiii x xli ccxl liiii xi v ccxliiii iv
Sagittarius x x xxxiiii ccxlviii xviii x liii ccli xlvii xi xii cclv xvi
xx x xlvii cclix v x lix cclxii xlvi xi xi cclxvi xvii
xxx x lv cclxx o x lix cclxxiii xlv xi iii cclxxvii xxx
Capricornius x x lv cclxxx lv x li cclxxxiiii xxxvi x xlvii cclxxxviii xvii
xx x xlvii ccxci xlii x xxxv ccxcv x x xxii ccxcviii xl
xxx x xxxiiii cccii xvi x xv cccv xxvi ix lvi cccviii xxxvi
Aquarius x x xvi cccxii xxxii ix li cccxv xvii ix xxvii cccxviii iii
xx ix lviii cccxxii xxx ix xxix cccxxiiii xlvi ix i cccxxvii iiii
xxx ix xl cccxxxii x ix viii cccxxxiii liiii viii xxxvii cccxxxv xl
Pisces x ix ix cccxli xxxv viii lii cccxlii xlvi viii xvi cccxliii lvii
xx ix xv cccl l viii xxxix cccli xxv viii v ccclii ii
xxx ix x ccclx o viii xxxv ccclx o vii lviii ccclx o