PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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Ptolemy, Almagesti (tr. Stephanus Gracilis)

Paris, Gulielmus Cavellat, 1556 · 31r

Facsimile
Clima 7
Ostiorum Boristhenis 16 0′
Signa
Deni gradus
Ascendent.
tempora
Aggregat.
tempora
Signa
Deni gradus
Ascendent.
tempora
Aggregat.
tempora
Ar
10
4
36
4
36
Li
10
13
44
193
44
20
4
43
9
19
20
13
47
207
31
30
5
1
14
20
30
13
49
221
20
Ta
10
5
26
19
46
Sc
10
13
54
235
14
20
6
5
25
51
20
13
51
249
5
30
6
52
32
43
30
13
40
262
45
Ge
10
7
53
40
36
Sa
10
13
15
276
0
20
9
5
49
41
20
12
29
288
29
30
10
19
60
0
30
11
31
300
0
Cn
10
11
31
71
31
Ca
10
10
19
310
19
20
12
29
84
0
20
9
5
319
24
30
13
15
97
15
30
7
53
327
17
Le
10
13
40
110
55
Aq
10
6
52
334
9
20
13
51
124
46
20
6
5
340
14
30
13
54
138
40
30
5
26
345
40
Vi
10
13
49
152
29
Pi
10
5
1
350
41
20
13
47
166
16
20
4
43
355
24
30
13
44
180
0
30
4
36
360
0
latitudo 48 32′