Ptolemy's Handy Tables or ''Ptolemaiou'' ''Procheiroi kanones'' is a collection of astronomical tables that second century astronomer

Ptolemy Claudius Ptolemy (; grc-gre, Πτολεμαῖος, ; la, Claudius Ptolemaeus; AD) was a mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist, who wrote about a dozen scientific treatises, three of which were of importanc ...

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Almagest The ''Almagest'' is a 2nd-century Greek-language mathematical and astronomical treatise on the apparent motions of the stars and planetary paths, written by Claudius Ptolemy ( ). One of the most influential scientific texts in history, it canoni ...

. The Handy Tables elaborated the astronomical tables of the Almagest and included usage instructions, but left out the theoretical commentary in order to facilitate practical computation. The work is considered of high significance during the

late antiquity Late antiquity is the time of transition from classical antiquity to the Middle Ages, generally spanning the 3rd–7th century in Europe and adjacent areas bordering the Mediterranean Basin. The popularization of this periodization in English ha ...

and in the Middle Eastern and Eastern Mediterranean medieval traditions.{{Cite book , last=Tihon , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r1QazgEACAAJ , title=Ptolemaiou Procheiroi Kanones. Ptolemy's Handy Tables. Volume 1b: Tables A1-A2. Transcription and Commentary , date=2011 , publisher=Peeters , isbn=978-2-7584-0117-9 , language=en

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