Book of Ladder - Book of Ladder

Japanese: 《階梯の書》 - かいていのしょ
Book of Ladder - Book of Ladder

…This activity reached its peak during the reign of Alfonso the Wise, when a huge amount of Arabic literature was translated into European languages. The Book of the Ladder, one of the stories of Muhammad's ascension (M'iraj), which is said to have had a decisive influence on the content and structure of Dante's Divine Comedy, was translated here. Most of the people who worked on these translations were Jewish, but many students from Europe also came to Japan and worked on translations. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "The Book of Ladder" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この活動は賢王アルフォンソ10世のときに頂点に達し,膨大な量のアラビア語文献がヨーロッパ諸語に翻訳された。ダンテの《神曲》の内容・構成に決定的影響を与えたといわれるムハンマドの昇天(ミーラージュ)物語のひとつ《階梯の書》はこの地で翻訳されたものである。これら翻訳に従事したのはユダヤ教徒が主であったが,その他ヨーロッパから数多くの留学生が到来し,翻訳にたずさわった。…

※「《階梯の書》」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。

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