sfaera barbarica

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2026-08-02
Meanings
Literal translation
barbaric sphere
Categories
astrological
Related Lemmata 1 ›

1. fixed stars outside the zodiac

1.a fixed stars outside the zodiac astrological

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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@misc{zodiac1166,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2026},
	title = {sfaera barbarica ({Lemma} #1166)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1166/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1166/},
}