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Gerard of Cremona

Also found as Gerard of Cremona

Latin translation of Arabic scientific writing, including work attributed to al-Nayrīzī.

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1001 Inventions

Edited by Salim T. S. al-Hassani

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Printed p. 83 PDF p. 86Reading page

“…buzzing with contemporar y translation scholars. There was Gerard of Cremona, who was translating into Latin important works like Al-Zahrawi's 30-volume medical encyclopedia; Ibn al-Haytham's voluminous Book of Optics; Al-Kindi's treatise on geometrical…”

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Printed p. 91 PDF p. 94Reading page

“…work was translated into Latin by men like Gerard of Cremona, so today there is more in Latin than Arabic. For instance, there is De gradibus , in which Al-Kindi explains that the…”

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Printed p. 159 PDF p. 162Reading page

“…as Abu lcasis, in the Latin translation by Gerard of Cremona…”

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Printed p. 169 PDF p. 172Reading page

“…the 12th century from the Latin translations of Gerard of Cremona. It remained in use in medical schools at Louvain and Montpellier until the 17th century, and according to the journal of UNESCO…”

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