Constantinus Africanus

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Constantinus Africanus

…Following in the footsteps of Rhazes, he wrote the Book of Kings as a medical encyclopedia comparable to Rhazes’ Book of Containments. The 20-volume work, which contains about 400,000 words, was translated into Latin by Constantine Africanus (c. 1020-c. 87) and introduced to the Western world as Liber regius. [Igarashi Hajime]…

From [Medieval Science]

... In the 10th century, contact with Arabic science began, and Gerbert of Aurillac, who later became Pope Sylvester II, came into contact with Arabic learning in Catalonia and used it to teach many students in France, exerting a great influence. Constantine Africanus also studied Arabic medicine in Africa, translated it, and greatly stimulated the rise of the medical school in Salerno. However, it was not until the 12th century that the Western world began to fully accept Greek and Arabic learning. ...

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Japanese:

…ラージーの流れを汲み,彼の《包含の書》に比すべき医学百科として《王の書》を著す。20巻約40万語からなる同書はコンスタンティヌス・アフリカヌスConstantinus Africanus(1020ころ‐87ころ)によりラテン語訳され,《Liber regius》として西洋世界に伝わった。【五十嵐 一】。…

【中世科学】より

… 10世紀になるとアラビア科学との接触がはじまり,のちに教皇シルウェステル2世となるオーリヤックのジェルベール(ゲルベルトゥス)はカタルニャの地でアラビア学術に接し,これをもってフランスで多くの弟子を教え,大きな影響を与えた。またコンスタンティヌス・アフリカヌスConstantinus Africanusはアフリカの地でアラビア医学を学び,それを翻訳し,サレルノの医学校の興隆を大いに刺激した。しかしなんといっても,西欧世界がギリシア,アラビアの学術を本格的に受け入れるのは,12世紀に入ってからである。…

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