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The Arabic Gospel of the Infancy of the Saviour

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Section 51

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51. And a philosopher who was there present,

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a

skilful

astronomer

,

asked

the

Lord

Jesus

whether

He

had

studied

astronomy

.

And

the

Lord

Jesus

answered

him

,

and

explained

the

number

of

the

spheres

,

and

of

the

heavenly

bodies

,

their

natures

and

operations

;

their

opposition

;

their

aspect

,

triangular

,

square

,

and

sextile

;

their

course

,

direct

and

retrograde

;

the

twenty

-

fourths

,

and

sixtieths

of

twenty

-

fourths

;

and

other

things

beyond

the

reach

of

reason

.

Notes

23
The scripulum was the twenty-fourth part of the as. It is likely here put for the motion of a planet during one hour. Pliny, N. H., ii. 10, uses the word to signify an undefined number of degrees, or parts of a degree.