Arabic Singing Girls, the Pope, and the Astrolabe: Arabic Science in Tenth-Century Latin Europe
Marco Zuccato
This article presents a new hypothesis related to the very earliest filtration of Arabic science Latin World during tenth century. Contrary beliefs current scholarship, it argues that astronomical texts derived from sources cannot be considered written tradition mathematical school Maslama al-Majrīṭī nor can they regarded as translations Arabic. It contends these derive non-written practical astronomy existed in al-Andalus before time Maslama. offers evidence supporting thesis such existed, and traces also detected teaching Gerbert Aurillac, described by Richer Reims. concludes with an alternative explanation reconstruction stages composition for texts.
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