PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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Ptolemy, Quadripartitum (tr. Philipp Melanchthon)

Basel, Johannes Oporinus, 1553 · 195

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ventes, contumeliosos, latrones, fures homicidas, falsarios, proditores, praestigiatores, magos, veneficos, homicidas.

⟨III.24⟩ Venus

Venus cum sola dominatur in locis laudatis, facit blandos, bonos, deliciarum amantes, idoneos ad concilianda studia hominum, facundos, mundiciei et choreis deditos, zelotypos, hilares, impatientes laborum, artium capaces, venustos in gestu, religiosos, bono habitu corporis, certa somniantes, naturali erga suos benevolentia, beneficos, misericordes, facile reconciliabiles, non habentes irritos impetus, denique voluptatibus venereis deditos. In contrariis vero locis, ignavos, amatores, effoeminatos, mulierosos, timidos, negligentes discrimina actionum, pronos ad libidinem, infamiae negligentes, obscuros.

Venus cum Mercurio

At Merciurio familiaris in locis laudatis, facit artifices manuarios, studiosos