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there. Certain it is that the author was not less 

 fortunate in this than in his previous literary 

 ventures. The text was well chosen, the time of 

 publication opportune, and the Sphere of Alpetrongi 

 as it came from Scot's hand had a wide circulation 

 and influenced profoundly the astronomical beliefs 

 of the day. 1 



1 See the references made to this work of Scot by Albertus Magnus 

 and Vincent of Beauvais. 



