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词条 Robert of Chester
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Robert of Chester (Latin: Robertus Castrensis) was an English Arabist of the 12th century. He translated several historically important books from Arabic to Latin, by authors such as Abu Musa Jabir Ibn Hayyan and Al-Khwarizmi including:

  • Liber de compositione alchimiae, translated in 1144, the first book in Europe on alchemy[1]
  • Liber algebrae et almucabola, Al-Khwārizmī's book about algebra, translated in 1145[2]

In the 1140s Robert worked in Spain, where the division of the country between Muslim and Christian rulers resulted in opportunities for interchange between the different cultures. However, by the end of the decade he had returned to England. Some sources identify him with Robert of Ketton ({{lang-la|Robertus Ketenensis}}) who was also active as an Arabic-Latin translator in the 1140s.[2]

However, Ketton and Chester, while both places in England, are a long way apart. Also, when in Spain, Robert of Ketton was based in the Kingdom of Navarre, whereas Robert of Chester is known to have worked in Segovia.

While translating Al-Khwārizmī's book about algebra, Robert of Chester made an interesting error that lives on today.[3] Arabic script, like Hebrew script, consists of consonants with vowels punctuated underneath and often omitted. The sine originated in India, and was adopted by the Arabs who spelled the consonants as "jb". When Robert translated the word, not understanding the Hindu origin, he supplied Arabic vowels yielding the word for bosom, in Latin, sinus. Hence, the origin of the trigonometric function named sine.

See also

  • Latin translations of the 12th century
  • Louis Charles Karpinski

Notes

1. ^The Arabic Origin of Liber de compositione alchimiae
2. ^1 {{cite book | last = Robert of Chester | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Algebra of al-Khowarizmi | url = http://library.albany.edu/preservation/brittle_bks/khuwarizmi_robertofchester/ | publisher = Macmillan | year = 1915| location = | pages = | doi = | isbn = }}
3. ^mathforum.org

References

  • {{cite book |last1=Lo Bello |first1=Anthony |authorlink1= |last2= |first2= |authorlink2= |editor1-first= |editor1-last= |editor1-link= |others= |title=The commentary of Al-Nayrizi on Book I of Euclid's Elements of geometry, with an introduction on the transmission of Euclid's Elements in the Middle Ages |trans-title=|url= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate=|type= |edition= |series= |volume= |date= |year= |month= |origyear= |publisher=Brill Academic |location=Boston |language= |isbn=0-391-04192-4 |oclc= |doi= |page= |pages=41–44 |at= |trans-chapter=|chapter=Robert of Chester |chapterurl= |quote= |ref= |bibcode= |laysummary= |laydate= |separator= |postscript= |lastauthoramp=}}
  • Charles Burnett, ‘Ketton, Robert of (fl. 1141–1157)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004. (This is, in effect, a double biography covering both Robert of Ketton and Robert of Chester.)

External links

  •  , complete text online. Translation of Robert of Chester, or Robert of Ketton.
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