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Zael,Quinquagintaprecepta NoticebyDavidJuste
Author:Sahlb.Bishr(Baghdad,firsthalfoftheninthcentury). Originaltitle:belongstoZaelsIntroductoriuminArabicmanuscripts(seenoteonZaels IntroductoriumandSezgin). Translation:translatorunknown;theworkalreadyexistedisLatininthetwelfthcentury. Significance:intheLatinandArabictraditions,theQuinquagintapreceptaformthesecond partofZaelscorpus(seedescriptionofZaelsIntroductorium). Contents:collectionof50astrologicalrules. Reproduction:???,sig.[b4r][c4r][WarburgFAH850] Title:Incipiuntprecipuaiuditiaetsuntquindecim. Inc.:PrimumdereceptionedispositionisperLunam.ScitoquodsignificatrixidestLuna cuiuscirculusestomniumplanetarum[TK,1411:Scitoquod]. Expl.:causamdequainterrogat,gravisenimeritilli.Scitohoctotum. Bibliography:F.J.Carmody,ArabicAstronomicalandAstrologicalSciencesinLatinTranslation.A CriticalBibliography,BerkeleyLosAngeles,1956,pp.4041(nr.1);F.Sezgin,Geschichtedes arabischenSchrifttums,VII,Leiden,1979,pp.125126(nr.1).