PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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Ulm, Ludovicus Lanovus, 1641

Title page:

‘Astrologia aphoristica Ptolomaei, Hermetis, Ludovici de Rigiis, Almansoris, Hieronymi Cardani, et autoris innominati. Ulmae, MDCXLI, apud Ludovicum Lanovum.’

Astrology: letter to the reader ([¶1]v-¶2r); subject index (¶2v-[¶12]v); Ptolemaica (1-16); Hermes, Centiloquium (17-32); Ludovicus de Rigiis, Aphorismi astrologici (33-63); Capitula Almansoris (64-89); Girolamo Cardano, Aphorismorum astronomicorum segmenta septem (91-290); ‘Aphorismi varii incerti auctoris. 1. Qui naturaliter astrologiae bene affectus fuerit…’ (291-325).

Bibl. VD17 23:000530L

Exemplar Unknown (Google Books, source not given).

1–⁠16

‘Cl<audii> Ptolomaei Centum dicta sive Fructus librorum suorum. A te et a scientia, fieri enim nequit ut qui sciens est particulares rerum formas pronunciet — [v. 99] et exercituum incursiones indicant. 100. Coniunctio Saturni, Iovis et martis in signis humidis pluvias facit et nives.’

= Giovanni Pontano, Liber commentationum in Centum sententiis Ptolemaei (C.3.16)

, without the commentary. V. 100 is omitted or rather replaced by a sentence taken from another text.