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elbeice
الباسا al-bāsā (?)
n. bāsā – al-Bāsā (?) (unidentified Persian name of the constellation Bootes) (astr.) show/hide quotes-
Albu. Intro. JS 225, 452: Et dimidia imaginis que dicitur grece nathis, et persice Elbeice, et est homo cuius caput est quasi caput Tauri
Lemay 381, 277: ونصف صورة يقال لها بالرومية باطس، وبالفارسية الباسا وهو إنسان رأسه كأنَّه رأس ثور
- 1 Albu. Intro. JS
Possibly corrupt for Arabic al-nābīnā < Persian nā-bīnā ‘blind’. Lemay 1995, vol. III, 450–451. The Latin term is not documented in MLW, DMLBS and LLNMA.