PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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Basel, Andreas Cratander, 1531

Title page:

‘Io<annis> Ioviani Pontani commentariorum in centum Claudii Ptolemaei sententias libri duo. Apud And<ream> Cratandrum, mense Septembri, an<no> M.D.XXXI.’

Last page:

‘Excudebat Basileae Andreas Cratander, mense Semptembri, anno a Christo nato M.D.XXXI.’

Ptolemaica (single text), preceded by subject index (a2r-a4r).

Bibl. VD16 P 5260

Exemplar Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, 4 A.gr.b 1228

1–⁠169

‘Ioan<nis> Ioviani Pontani commentationum in centum Claudii Ptolemaei sententias ad Federicum Urbini ducem liber primus. Tametsi publicarum rerum administratio, bellique gerendi cura deterrere me iure possunt, Federice dux fortissime… (2) I. Ptolemaeus. A te et a scientia, fieri enim nequit ut qui sciens est particulares rerum formas pronuntiet… Pontanus. Nec medici, nec moralis philosophi sola est cognitio, sed quaedam etiam operatio — tum stellarum radii vel trahentes eas, vel impellentes pro qualitate aspectus et virium efficacia. Commentariorum Io<annis> Iov<iani> Pontani in centum Ptolemaei sententias. Finis.’