PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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Ptolemy, Almagesti (tr. Stephanus Gracilis)

Paris, Gulielmus Cavellat, 1556 · 52r

Facsimile
Librae
Angulorum
Angulorum
Horae
Arcuum
Orientalium
Occidentalium
Par.
m.
Par.
m.
Par.
m.
Merid.
30
22
113
51
0
0
1
33
35
137
32
90
10
2
41
39
154
19
73
23
3
52
25
164
10
63
32
4
64
28
169
47
57
55
5
77
6
172
21
55
21
6
90
0
173
29
54
13
Scorpii
Merid.
42
2
111
0
0
0
1
44
26
129
32
92
28
2
50
48
144
38
77
22
3
60
19
155
33
66
27
4
71
20
162
56
59
4
5
83
19
167
54
54
6
5 32
90
0
169
55
52
5
Sagittarii
Merid.
50
52
102
30
0
0
1
52
53
128
39
86
21
2
58
27
132
51
72
9
3
66
44
144
1
60
59
4
76
51
152
37
52
23
5
88
9
158
43
46
17
5 9
90
0
159
49
45
11