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Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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Ptolemy, Almagesti (tr. Sicily c. 1150)

Vatican, BAV, Vat. lat. 2056 · 28v

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MEDIS CURSUS SOLIS IN MENSIBUS
menses Nomina mensium
Gradus Minuta Secunda Tertia Quarta Quinta Sexta
xxx xxix xxxiiii viii xxxvi xxxvi xv xxx Pharmythios
lx lix viii xvii xiii xii xxxi o Pachon
xx lxxxviii xlii xxv xlix xlviii xlvi xxx Pauni
cxx cxviii xvi xxxiiii xxvi xxv ii o Epiphi
cl cxlvii l xliii iii i xvii xxx Mesori
clxxx clxxvii xxiiii li xxxix xxxvii xxxiii o Thoth
ccx ccvi lix o xvi xiii xlviii xxx Phaophi
cclxx ccxxxvi xxxiii viii lii l iiii o Athir
cclxx cclxvi vii xvii xxix xxvi xix xxx Chiac
ccc ccxcv xli xxvi vi ii xxxv o Tivi
cccxxx cccxxv xv xxxiiii xlii xxxviii l xxx Mechir
ccclx cccliiii xlv xliii xix xv vi o Phamenoth
MEDIUS CURSUS SOLIS IN DIEBUS
Dies Gradus Minuta Secunda Tertie Quarta Quinta Sexta
i o lix viii xviii xiii xii xxxi
ii i lviii xvi xxxiiii xxvi xxv ii
iii ii lvii xxiv li xxix xxxvii xxxiii
iiii iii lvi xxxiii viii lii l iiii
v iiii lv xli xxvi vi ii xxxv
vi v liiii xlix xliii xix xv vi
vii vi liii lviii o xxxii xxvii xxxvii
viii vii liii vi xvii xlv xl viii
ix viii lii xiiii xxxiiii lviii xlii xxxix
x ix li xxii lii xii ix x
xi x l xxxi v xxv xvii xli
xii xi xlix xxxix xxvi xxxviii xxx xii
xiii xii xlviii xlvii xliii li xlii xliii
xiiii xiii xlvii lvi i iiii lv xiiii
xv xiiii xlvii iiii xviii xviii vii xlv
xvi xv xlvi xii xxxv xxxi viii xvi
xvii xvi xlv xx lii xliiii xxxii xlvii
xviii xvii xliiii xxix ix lvii xlv xviii
xix xviii xliii xxxvii xxvii x lvii xlix
xx xix xlii xlv xliiii xxiiii x xx
xxi xx xli liiii i xxxvii xxii li
xxii xxi xli ii xviii l xxxv xx
xxiii xxii xl x xxxv iii xlvii liii
xxiiii xxiii xxxix xviii liii xvii o xxiiii
xxv
xxiiii xxxviii xxvii x xxx xii lvi
xxvi
xxv xxxvii xxxv xxvii xliii xxv xxvi
xxvii
xxvi xxxvi xliii xliiii lvi xxxvii lvii
xxviii
xxvii xxxv lii ii ix l xxviii
xxix xxviii xxxv o xix xxiii ii lix
xxx xxix xxxiiii viii xxxvi xxxvi xv xxx

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