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  1. The Arabic translation has been lost in its turn, but for a bad Latin translation made from the Arabic in the twelfth century, see A. Lejeune, ed. (1956)L’Optique de Claude Ptolémée, Louvain

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Toomer, G.J. Lost greek mathematical works in arabic translation. The Mathematical Intelligencer 6, 32–38 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03024153

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