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[edit] Summary
Part of a 9th century Latin manuscript. From [1].
The text seems to read:
- Fluuius quem heridanũ
- dicunt hab& stellas pri
- mo flexu iii scđo iii ter
- tio vii quae dicuntur
- ora nili summa xiii
- huic sub ẽ stella quę
- canopus appellatur.
In standard orthography:
- Fluvius quem Eridanum dicunt habet stellas primo flexu III, secundo III, tertio VII, quae dicuntur ora Nili, summa XII, huic sub est stella quae Canopus appellatur.
In English:
- The river that they call Eridanus has three stars in the first bend, three in the second, and seven in the third, which are called the mouths of the Nile, (for a) total of 13, (and) under this is the star which is named Canopus.
(Feel free to correct if you can.)
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- (del) (cur) 14:38, 19 June 2006 . . Ptcamn (Talk | contribs) . . 410×573 (195,080 bytes) (Part of a 9th century Latin manuscript. From [http://www.beloit.edu/~classics/museum/WebSite/ANL387.htm]. ---- The text seems to read: :Fluuius quem heridanũ :dicunt hab& stellas pri :mo flexu iii scđo iii ter :tio vii quae dictuntur :(?) summa xiii :h)
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