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English: Frontispiece illustration from Ptolemy's Almagest, Venice, 1496, depicting Ptolemy instructing Regiomontanus under an image of the zodiac encircling the celestial sphere

Date

15^th century

Source

Almagest, 1496

Author



Alternative names	Birth name: Κλαύδιος Πτολεμαῖος; Claudius Ptolemaeus; Claudius Ptolemeus; Claudius Ptolemy; Klaudios Ptolemaios
Description	Roman mathematician, geographer, astronomer, astrologer, music theorist and philosopher
Date of birth/death	circa 100	circa 170
Location of birth/death	Ptolemais Hermiou	Alexandria
Authority file	: Q34943 VIAF: 54152998 ISNI: 0000000122800429 ULAN: 500330559 LCCN: n50032768 NLA: 35435417 WorldCat

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