A faint library stamp is present to the left of the central printer's emblem.

LIBRARY

OF THE SCHOOL

OF ADVANCED STUDIES

PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES

OF THE MINISTRY OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

PHILOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SCIENCES

ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIRST FASCICLE

THE BOOK OF THE ASCENT OF THE MIND ON THE FORM OF THE HEAVEN AND OF THE EARTH. — COURSE IN ASTRONOMY, — WRITTEN IN 1279, BY GREGORY ABULFARAJ, CALLED BAR HEBRÆUS, PUBLISHED FOR THE FIRST TIME, ACCORDING TO THE MANUSCRIPTS OF PARIS, OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE, BY F. NAU, DOCTOR OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES, LICENTIATE OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES, GRADUATE OF THE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED STUDIES.

First part: SYRIAC TEXT

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PARIS

ÉMILE BOUILLON BOOKSTORE, PUBLISHER

RUE DE RICHELIEU, 67, FIRST FLOOR

1899