cissura

شقّšiqq

n. šqq – side (in star descriptions)

  1. Albu. Intro. JS 222, 365: Et ascendit in hac facie secundum quod convenit dictis Ptholomei pars capitis Urse Maioris. Et cissura Cancri posterioris

    Lemay 379, 220: يطلع … رأس الدبّ الأكبر وشقّ السرطان المؤَخَّر yaṭluʿu … raʾsu l-dubbi l-akbari wa-šiqqu l-saraṭāni l-muʾaḫḫaru

  2. Albu. Intro. JS 227, 541: Et ascendit in hac facie secundum quod convenit Ptholomeo pars caude Draconis et pes illius ac brachia, et ienu illius dextrum ac cissura dextra

    Lemay 383, 332: يطلع … بعض ذنب التنّين ويده وذراعه وركبته اليُمنَى وشقّه الأيمن yaṭluʿu … baʿḍu ḏanabi l-tinnīni wa-yaduhū wa-ḏirāʿuhū wa-rukbatuhū l-yumnā wa-šiqquhū l-aymanu

  1. 2 Albu. Intro. JS

Misread as šaqq ‘fissure’ by the Latin translator.

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