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Anthony Lo Bello’s Gerard of Cremona’s Translation of Book I of the Commentary of al-Nayrizi on Euclid’s Elements of Geometry is the first modern translation of Gerard of Cremona’s (1114–1187) Latin version of al-Nayrizi’s famous Arabic commentary. Lo Bello gives an introductory account of the twenty-two early extant Arabic manuscripts of the Elements, an annotated English translation of Gerard’s translation of al-Nayrizi’s commentary, and finally a critical analysis of the idiosyncrasies of Gerard’s method of translation. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Science and Its Times, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 390 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.The histories of science, technology, and mathematics merge with the study of humanities and social science in this interdisciplinary reference work. Essays on people, theories, discoveries, and concepts are combined with overviews, bibliographies of primary documents, and chronological elements to offer students a fascinating way to understand the impact of science on the course of human history and how science affects everyday life. Entries represent people and developments throughout the world, from about 2000 B.C. through the end of the twentieth century. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Herman of Carinthia, Robert of Ketton, Adelard of Bath, Gerard of Cremona, Michael Scot, Arnaldus de Villa Nova, Eugenius of Palermo, Constantine the African, Robert of Chester, Faraj Ben Salim, Stephen of Pisa, John of Seville, Hugo of Santalla, Peter of Toledo, Plato Tiburtinus, Alfred of Sareshel, Mark of Toledo. Excerpt:The frontispiece of an Adelard de Bada Latin translation of Euclid's Elements , c. 1309 1316; the oldest surviving Latin translation of the Elements is a 12th century work by Adelard, which translates to Latin from the Arabic. Adelard de Bada (Latin : Adelardus Bathensis ) (c. 1080 c. 1152) was a 12th century English scholar. He is known both for his original works and for translating many important Arabic scientific works of astrology , astronomy , philosophy and mathematics into Latin, as well as some ancient Greek texts in Arabic translation, which were then introduced to Western Europe. He studied at Tours , taught for a time at Laon , then travelled to Southern Italy, Syracuse in Sicily , and Antioch in Asia Minor . He had settled in Bath in England by 1122. He was a contemporary of William of Conches , and a gentleman who was accomplished in both the arts of falconry and the harp. Background One of the first to introduce the Indian number system to Europe. He wrote a book called " Liber algorismi de Numero Indorum ". His highly regarded original works, the Quaestiones Naturales (Natural Questions) , the De Eodem et Diverso (On the Same and the Different) and a shorter treatise On Birds were addressed to his nephew in the form of dialogue or correspondence. In the Natural Questions he indicates he is responding to his nephews' desire to know what Adelard had learned "from the studies of the Arabs," while in the others he passes on Greek and English lea... ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Gerard of Cremona ( c. 1114–1187), was a Lombard translator of Arabic scientific works found in the abandoned Arab libraries of Toledo, Spain. He was one of a small group of scholars who invigorated medieval Europe in the twelfth century by transmitting Greek and Arab traditions in astronomy, medicine and other sciences, in the form of translations into Latin, which made them available to every literate person in the West. One of his most famous translations is of Ptolemy's Almagest from Arabic texts found in Toledo. Gerard has been mistakenly credited as the translator of Avicenna's Canon of Medicine. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Pope Gregory Viii, Pope Urban Iii, Raynald of Châtillon, Gilbert Foliot, Raymond Iii of Tripoli, Gerard of Cremona, Ruben Iii, Prince of Armenia, Rodrigo Álvarez, Emperor Gaozong of Song, Yaroslav Osmomysl, Godred Ii Olafsson, Alexios Branas, Nicasius of Sicily, Roger de Moulins, Bogislaw I, Duke of Pomerania, Caïd Richard, Muirgius Mac Tadhg More. Excerpt:Alexios Branas or Alexius Branas (Greek : , died 1187) was a Byzantine nobleman and military leader of the late 12th century. Alexios Branas was doubly linked to the imperial Komnenos family. He was the son of Michael Branas and of Maria Komnene, who was the great-niece of Alexios I Komnenos . He himself married Anna Vatatzaina, the niece of Manuel I Komnenos , and her sister, Theodora, was Manuel's lover. Branas was one of relatively few generals who never rebelled against Andronikos I Komnenos , who rewarded his loyalty by raising him to the exalted rank of protosebastos . Branas led several successful campaigns on his behalf, against the forces of Béla III of Hungary in 1183, against a rebellion led by Andronikos, Isaac and Alexios Angelos in 1184, and against the Norman invaders of Thessalonica under William II of Sicily in 1185. In 1187, shortly after the accession of Isaac II Angelos, Branas was sent to counter the Vlach-Bulgarian Rebellion . This time he did rebel, but was defeated by Conrad of Montferrat , the emperor's brother-in-law, who commanded the centre of the imperial forces in the battle. Branas wounded Conrad, who nevertheless unhorsed him, his lance striking the cheekpiece of his helmet. Branas was then beheaded by Conrad's supporting footsoldiers. The head was taken to the imperial palace, where it was treated like a football, and was then sent to Branas's wife Anna, who (according to the historian Niketa... ... Read more

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Chapters: Thomas Becket, Robert of Ketton, Wace, Raymond of Poitiers, Ponce de Minerva, Dirk VI, Count of Holland, Gerard of Cremona, Bertha of Sulzbach, Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona, Béla II of Hungary, William V, Marquess of Montferrat, Gertrude of Sulzbach, Magnus IV of Norway, Otto of Freising, Raymond II of Tripoli, John Tzetzes, Josceline de Bohon, Hodierna of Tripoli, Boris Kalamanos, Rainerius, Rohese de Vere, Countess of Essex, Peter Cellensis, Reginald de Dunstanville, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Godfrey II, Count of Leuven, Aubrey de Vere, 1st Earl of Oxford, Isaac Komnenos, Vakhtang, son of David IV of Georgia, Henry II of Limburg, Tancred, Prince of Bari, Clarembald of Arras,. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 133. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Ponce de Minerva (1114/5 - 27 July 1175) was a nobleman, courtier, governor, and general serving, at the same and different times, the kingdoms of León and Castile. Originally from Occitania, he came as a young man to León (1127), where he was raised probably in close connexion to the royal family. His public career, first as a courtier and knight in the military retinue of Alfonso VII of León and Castile, began in 1140. By later historians he was implicated in the strife between Alfonso's successors, Sancho III of Castile and Ferdinand II of León, but he was generally loyal to the latter, although from 1168 to 1173 he was in voluntary exile serving Alfonso VIII of Castile. Ponce had a long and distinguished military career. He participated in at least twelve campaigns, more than half of them campaigns of Reconquista fought against the Moors, but also campaigns against Navarre (1140), Portugal (1141), and Castile (1162 and 1163), as well as one famous campaign against some Castilian rebels, in which he was captured. He acquire...http://booksllc.net/?id=25986898 ... Read more