PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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Ptolemy, De hypothesibus planetarum (tr. Matthias Bergius)

Munich, BSB, Cod. Graec. 579 · 14r

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iterum quo motus motus] motus sup. lin. Mu Solis motus Solis] inv. MiO superat inerrantium motum et stellae. et stellae] sup. lin. Mu; om. MiO

Primo autem anno ab obitu Alexandri Alexandri] Magni add. MiO in meridie primi diei mensis Thoth Alexandriae apogaeum quidem eccentrici abfuit ab aequinoctio verno in consequentia mundi partibus. partibus] seq. del. et boreus limes obliqui circelli Mu

Centrum vero epicycli ab apogaeo eccentrici in consequentia mundi.

Item boreus limes limes] G. add. sub. lin. Mu obliqui circelli ab apogaeo in consequentia mundi.

Stella tandem a boreo limite obliqui circelli in consequentia mundi partibus. Finis.