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Aratus of Solis, Phaenomena

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Aratus of Solis (ca. 315 - 240 a.C.)
Phænomena, 9th century A.D.
London, British Library, Ms. Harley 647, ff. 10v-11r

This is the oldest extant copy of Cicero's Latin version of the Phænomena of Aratus. The text occupies the bottom half of the page, while the top half shows a constellation within whose perimeter extracts of Hyginus' text have been penned in.