sfaera barbarica

Latin noun
loaned from Greek

Last edited: 2024-09-23
Primary meaning fixed stars outside the zodiac
Literal translation barbaric sphere
Variants
sfaera barbarica
Edited by
fixed stars outside the zodiac astrological concept

Quae omnia tunc explicabimus, cum ad interpretationem venerimus sfaerae barbaricae;

‘All this we will explain when we come to the interpretation of the sfaera barbarica;’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.17.2

Genre: astrological compendium
Provenance: Sicily
Date: ca. 334 CE

Firmicus Maternus. 1897. Ivlii Firmici Materni Matheseos Libri VIII, ed. W. Kroll, F. Skutsch. Stuttgart: B. G. Teubner. 1.238

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). sfaera barbarica (Lemma #1166). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1166/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). sfaera barbarica (Lemma #1166). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1166/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). sfaera barbarica (Lemma #1166). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1166/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) sfaera barbarica (Lemma #1166), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1166/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1166,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {sfaera barbarica ({Lemma} #1166)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1166/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1166/},
}