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An ancient book

An ancient book. The text is from a speech by the Athenian orator Hyperides (4 th century BC). This copy was made in the 1 st century AD. From manuscript to print Ptolemy’s Syntaxis (a.k.a. Almagest ). A 9 th -century manuscript copy. The standard modern printed edition.

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An ancient book

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  1. An ancient book The text is from a speech by the Athenian orator Hyperides (4th century BC). This copy was made in the 1st century AD.

  2. From manuscript to print Ptolemy’s Syntaxis (a.k.a. Almagest) A 9th-century manuscript copy The standard modern printed edition

  3. The compost of Ptholomeus, prynce of astronomye: translated oute of Frenche in to Englysshe, for them that wolde haue knowlege of the compost. (c. 1532)

  4. The compost of Ptholomeus, prynce of astronomye: translated oute of Frenche in to Englysshe, very necessarye, vtile, and profytable, for all suche, as desyre the knowledge of the science of astronomye. (c. 1562)

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