Gerard of Cremona - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Gerard of Cremona - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Burnett, Charles

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1061737
Doc. NO	:	ALei2134
Main Entry	:	Burnett, Charles
Title & Author	:	Gerard of Cremona - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Burnett, Charles
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(570 words)
Abstract	:	Gerard of Cremona (1114–87 C.E.) was the most prolific and effective translator of scientific works from Arabic into Latin. Some details of his life and work are known from a biography and list of his translations drawn up by his students after his death, with the aim of assuring that he would receive due acknowledgement for his achievements. Born in Cremona, he was attracted to Toledo because of his “love for [Ptolemy’s] Almagest ” (according to his students’ biography) and discovered there a large quantity of Arabic texts,
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei2134.pdf