...In Toledo and Sicily in Spain, as well as in cities in northern Italy, first-class scientific texts such as those by Euclid, Archimedes, Ptolemy, and Aristotle, as well as those by Khwarizmi, Ibn Sina, and Ibn al-Haytham, were translated into Latin, forming the intellectual foundation of Western science that would later lead to the Scientific Revolution. Among the translators of this 12th-century Renaissance are Gherard of Cremona, Adelard of Bath, Hermann von Karinthia, and Robert of Chester, among whom Gherard's contribution in particular was great, having translated more than 70 scientific texts from Arabic into Latin. In the 13th century, Western science finally began to develop independently, building on the legacy of Greek and Arabic science thus adopted. ... *Some of the terminology that mentions "Robert of Chester" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…スペインのトレドやシチリア,および北イタリアの諸都市において,ユークリッド,アルキメデス,プトレマイオス,アリストテレスの自然学,フワーリズミー,イブン・シーナー,イブン・アルハイサムなどの第一級の科学文献がラテン語に訳され,後の〈科学革命〉にいたる西欧科学の知的基盤をつくった。この〈12世紀ルネサンス〉の翻訳者として,クレモナのゲラルド,バースのアデラード,カリンティアのヘルマンHermann von Karinthia,チェスターのロバートRobert of Chesterらが知られているが,とくに70種以上の科学文献をアラビア語からラテン訳したゲラルドの功績は大きい。 13世紀には,このようにしてとり入れられたギリシア,アラビアの科学の遺産の上に,ようやく西欧科学の独自な活動が開始される。… ※「Robert of Chester」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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