alfacah
كفّةkiffa
n. kff – scale (of a balance) (in star description)-
Albu. Intro. JS 228, 556: Et ascendit in hac facie … pectus Libre atque humeri eius. Et summitas Alfacah, i.e. corone, sinistre septemtrionalis
Lemay 383, 341: ويطلع في هذا الوجه … صدر الميزان ومنكبيه وطرف الكفّة [var.: الفكة] اليُسرى الشمالية
- 1 Albu. Intro. JS
The Latin phrase ‘i.e. corone’ indicates that the Arabic term was misread as al-fakka (the constellation Corona Borealis). The Latin term is not documented in MLW, DMLBS and LLNMA.