Medieval Arabic translations of Ptolemy's Almagest

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Medieval Arabic translations of Ptolemy's Almagest

Resumo (em inglês)

As the most influential work on geocentric cosmology, Ptolemy’s Almagest received much attention by medieval astronomers. Due to its outstanding place amongst the astronomical sources that were subjected to the Graeco-Arabic translation movement, the Almagest was translated into Arabic multiple times during the 8th‒9th centuries CE. The translations were mainly commissioned by the Abbasid royal patrons. This talk is a survey of the medieval Arabic translations of the Almagest, discussing their patrons, translators and available manuscripts.

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