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Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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Ptolemy, Quadripartitum (tr. Philipp Melanchthon)

Basel, Johannes Oporinus, 1553 · 78

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Creta, insulae Cyclades et maritima loca Asiae Minoris et Cyprus, spectantia versus ortum brumalem totius quadrantis, adsumunt naturam trianguliqui dominatur in ortu brumali, scilicet Tauri, Virginis et Capricorni et accedunt Venus, Saturnus et Mercurius. Sunt igitur earum regionum homines magis inter se similes et temperati, dominationis cupidi, generosi, impatientes servitutis propter Martem; studiosi musices, doctrinae libertatis, suo consilio constituentes respublicas, popularem gubernationem amantes, legumlatores propter Iovem; amantes spectacula et mundiciem propter Venerem; comes, hospitales, iustitiae et literarum et eloquentiae studiosi propter Mercurium. Rursus ex his aliquae regiones magis referunt naturam Tauri et Veneris, videlicet Cyclades et maritima ora minoris Asiae, Cyprus; ideo magna ex parte illi homines sunt dediti voluptatibus, amantes mundiciem et corpora diligenter curantes. Virginis autem et Mercurii na