PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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Frankfurt/M., Wolfgangus Richterus, 1608

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‘Io<hannis> Antonii Magini Patavini, mathematicarum in almo Bononiensi gymnasio professoris, De astrologia ratione ac usu dierum criticorum seu decretoriorum ac praeterea de cognoscendis et medendis morbis ex corporum coelestium cognitione, opus ad ephemeridum supplementum nunc primo editum et libris duobus distinctum, quorum primus complectitur commentarium in Claudii Galeni librum tertium de diebus decretoriis, alter agit de legitimo astrologiae in medicina usu, his additur De annui temporum mensura in directionibus et de directionibus ipsis ex Valentini Naibodae scriptis. Francofurti, Typis Wolfgangi Richteri, sumptibus Ioannis Theobaldi Schönwetteri, MDCVIII.’

Giovanni Antonio Magini, De astrologia ratione: dedicatory letter to Francesco Gonzaga, prince of Mantua and Montferrat, dated 24 January 1607 (☽:☾2r-☽:☾[4]r); preface to the reader (☽:☾[4]v-☽:☾☽:☾[4]r); chapter index of the commentary on Galen (☽:☾☽:☾[4]v); Commentarius in Claudii Galieni De diebus decretoriis librum tertium (1-62); Legitimo astrologiae in medicina usu (63-157); Ptolemaica (158-187).

Bibl. VD17 23:290095N

Exemplar Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, 4 Astr.p. 271

158–⁠187

‘De annui temporis mensura in directionibus ex commentariis Valentini Naibodae, mathematici eruditissimi super caput decimum Apotelesmaticu tertii Claudii Ptolemaei. His adiicio quaestionem, circa quam multos doctos haesitasse cognovi — Haec vero a priore reiecta relinquit arcum huiusce directionis gr<adus> 27.9′.8′′ sicut prius. Finis.’