…It has long held the first place as the representative of the Earth-centered universe (geocentric theory). The original title was Mathematical Syntaxis, but the adjective "megistē" (the greatest) given by later generations as a title of respect remained, and when it entered the Islamic world it was translated as almajistī (the first translation was said to be in the late 8th century, and later by Ibn Yusuf, Ishaq bin Hunayn, Thabit bin Qurra, and others). When it was introduced to the Latin world in the 12th century (the most famous one was by Gerard of Cremona (c. 1114-87) in 1175), the title was still the Latin Almagestum. … *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "almajistī" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…地球中心的な宇宙体系(天動説)の代表として永く第1等の地位を保ち続けた。もともとの標題は《数学的集大成Mathēmatikē syntaxis》とされていたが,後代の人々が尊称の意味で付した〈最大のmegistē〉という形容表現がそのまま残り,イスラム世界へ入って冠詞alを付された標題《almajistī》で翻訳された(8世紀末が最初といわれ,のちイブン・ユースフ,イスハーク・ブン・フナイン,サービト・ブン・クッラらのものが現れた)。12世紀にラテン世界に紹介(1175年のクレモナのジェラルドGerard of Cremona(1114ころ‐87)によるものが著名)されたときも,標題はラテン語の《Almagestum》であった。… ※「《almajistī》」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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