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Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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Ptolemy, Almagesti (tr. Sicily c. 1150)

Vatican, BAV, Vat. lat. 2056 · 14v

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CANONIUM SECUNDUM DECAMIRIAM ANAPHORARUM
Signa Signis Inferiora Egipti Rodi
hore xiii et dimidii latitudinis graduum xxiii li hore xiiii latitudinis xxx xxii hore xiiii et dimidii latitudinis xxxvi o
De ca mi rie Anaphore singularum decamiriarum Aggregationes Ascensiones Aggregationes Ascensiones Aggregationes
G M G M G M G M G M G M
Aries x vii xxiii vii xxiii vi xlviii vi xlviii vi xiiii vi xiiii
xx vii xxix xiiii lii vi lv xiii xliii vi xxi xii xxxv
xxx vii xlv xxii xxxvi vii x xx liii vi xxxvii xix xii
Taurus x viii iiii xxx xli vii xxxiii xxviii xxvi vii i xxvi xiii
xx viii xxxi xxxix xii viii ii xxxvi xxviii vii xxxiii xxxiii xlvi
xxx ix iii xlviii xv viii xxxvii xlv v viii xii xli lviii
Gemini x ix xxxvi lviii li ix xvii liii xxii viii lvi l liiii
xx x xi lxviii ii x o lxiiii xxii ix xlvii lx xli
xxx x xliii lxxviii xlv x xxxviii lxxv o x xxxiiii lxxi xv
Cancer x xi vii lxxxix lii xi xii lxxxvi xii xi xx lxxxii xxxi
xx xi xxiii ci xv xi xxxiiii xcvi xlvi xi xlvii xciiii xviii
xxx xi xxxii cxii xlvii xi li cix xxxvii xii xii cvi xxx
Leo x xi xxix cxxiiii xvi xi lv cxxi xxxii xii xx cxviii l
xx xi xxv cxxxv xli xi liiii cxxxiii xxvi xii xxiii cxxxi xiii
xxx xi xvi cxlvi lvii xi xlvii cxlv xiii xii xix cxliii xxxviii
Virgo x xi v clviii ii xi xl clvi liii xii xiii clv xlv
xx xi i clxix iii xi xxxv clxviii xxviii xii ix clxvii liiii
xxx x lvii clxxx o xi xxxii clxxx o xii vi clxxx o
Libra x x lvii cxc lvii xi xxxii cxci xxxii xii vi cxcii vi
xx xi i cci lviii xi xxxv cciii vii xii ix cciiii xv
xxx xi v ccxiii iii xi xl ccxiv xlvii xii xiii ccxvi xxviii
Capricornus x xi xvi ccxxiv xix xi xlvii ccxxvi xxxxiiii xii xix ccxxviii xlvii
xx xi xxv ccxxxv xliiii xi liiii ccxxxviii xxviii xii xxiii ccxli x
xxx xi xxix ccxlvii xiii xi lv ccl xxiii xii xx ccliii i
Sagittarius x xi xxxii cclviii xlv xi li cclxii xiiii xii xii cclxv xlii
xx xi xxiii cclxx viii xi xxxiiii cclxxiii xlviii xi xlvii cclxxvii xxix
xxx xi vii cclxxxi xv xi xii cclxxxv o xi xvi cclxxxviii xlv
Capricornus x x xliii ccxci lviii x xxxviii ccxcv xxxviii x xxxiiii ccxcix xix
xx x xi cccii ix x o cccv xxxviii ix xlvii cccix vi
xxx ix xxxvi cccxi xlv ix xviii cccxiiii lv viii xlvi cccxviii ii
Aquarius x ix iii cccxx xlviii viii xxxvii cccxxiii xxxii viii xii cccxxvi xiiii
xx viii xxxi cccxxx xix viii ii cccxxxi xxxiiii vii xxxiii cccxxxiii xlvii
xxx viii iiii cccxxxvii xxiii vii xxxiii cccxxxix vii vii i cccxl xlviii
Pisces x vii xlv cccxlv l vii x cccxlvi xvii vi xxxvii cccxlvii xxv
xx vii xxix ccclii xxxvii vi lv cccliii xii vi xxi cccliii xxvi
xxx vii xxiii ccclx o vi xlviii ccclx o vi xiiii ccclx o