Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

Welcome to the homepage of the project Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus(PAL). The website has now been implemented with a beta-version of the database and with samples of transcriptions and images.
The database currently includes the following:

• Works: 120 entries giving cursory descriptions of Latin Ptolemaic works, that is, works by Ptolemy or attributed to him and commentaries thereupon.
• Manuscripts: over 250 entries for Latin manuscripts containing Ptolemaic works.  
• Glossary: nearly 2000 Greek and Arabic technical terms from selected texts (Almagest I-II, Planetary Hypotheses, Planispherium, Tetrabiblos).    

Two Transcriptions are available:

• Almagest, Latin translation by Gerard of Cremona
• Almagestum parvum

HD Images of a rapidly increasing number of Ptolemaic works can be accessed through the menu item Reproductions.
Implementation will continue over the coming months and it is anticipated that the alpha-version of the database will be available by the end of 2017. Feedback and comments are welcome at info@ptolemaeus.badw.de.