PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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Ptolemy, Almagesti (tr. Sicily c. 1150)

Vatican, BAV, Vat. lat. 2056 · 15v

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CANONIUM SECUNDUM DECAMIRIAM ANAPHORARUM
signa decene Australissima Britanie Tanaidos emissionum
hore xvi et dimidii latitudinis li xl hore xvii latitudinis liiii i
Ascensiones decenarum Aggregationes Ascensiones decenarum Aggregata
G M G M G M G M
Aries x iiii v iiii v iii xxxvi iii xxxvi
xx iiii xii viii xvii iii xliii vii xix
xxx iiii xxxi xxxi xlviii iiii o xi xix
Taurus x iiii lvi xvii xliii iiii xxvi xv xlv
xx v xxxiiii xxiii xviii v iiii xx xlix
xxx vi xxv xxix xliii v lvi xxvi xlv
Gemini x vii xxix xxxvii xii vii v xxxiii l
xx viii xlix xlvi i viii xxxiii xlii xxiii
xxx x xiiii lvi xv x vii lii xxx
Cancer x xi xxxvi lxvii li xi xliii lxiiii xiii
xx xii xlv lxxx xxxvi xiii l lxxviii xiiii
xxx xiii xxxix xcvii xv xiv iii xci xvii
Leo x xiiii vii cviii xxii xiiii xxxvi cv liii
xx xiiii xxii cxxii xliii xiiii lii cxx xlv
xxx xiiii xxiiii cxxxvii vii xiiii liiii cxxxv xxxix
Virgo x xiiii xix cli xxvii xiiii l cl xxix
xx xiiii xviii clxv xlv xiiii xlviii clxv xvi
xxx xiiii xv clxxx o xiiii xliiii clxxx o
Libra x xiiii xv cxciiii xv xiiii xliiii cxciiii xliiii
xx xiiii xviii ccviii xxxiii xiiii xlvii ccix xxxi
xxx xiiii xix ccxxii lii xiiii l ccxxiiii xxi
Scorpius x xiiii xxiiii ccxxxvii xvi xiiii liiii ccxxxix xv
xx xiiii xxii ccli xxxviii xiiii lii ccliiii vii
xxx xiiii vii cclxv xlv xiiii xxxvi cclxviii xliii
Sagittarius x xiii xxxix cclxxix xxiiii xiiii iii cclxxxii xlvi
xx xii xlv ccxcii ix xiii l ccxcv xlvii
xxx xi xxxvi ccciii xlv xi xliii cccvii xxx
Capricorus x x xiiii cccxiii lix x vii cccxvii xxxvii
xx viii xlix cccxxii xlviii viii xxxvi cccxxvi x
xxx vii xxix cccxxx xvii vii v cccxxxiii xv
Aquarius x vi xxv cccxxxvi xlii v lvi cccxxxix xi
xx v xxxiiii cccxlii xvi v iiii cccxliiii xv
xxx iiii lvi cccxlvii xii iiii xxvi cccxlviii xli
Pisces x iiii xxxi cccli xliii iiii o ccclii xli
xx iiii xii ccclv lv iii xliii ccclvi xxiiii
xxx iiiii v ccclx o iii xxxvi ccclx o