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Publication details [#1501]

Vermeer, Hans Josef. 1996. Das arabisch-lateinische Mittelalter [The Arabic-Latin Middle Ages] (Reihe Wissenschaft 4). Heidelberg: TEXTconTEXT. ix + 389 pp.

Publication type

Monograph

Publication language

German

Keywords

13th century | 14th century | Middle Ages

Target language

German

Main ISBN

3-9805370-4-8

Abstract

In this book, Vermeer aims to retrace the history of translation in the Latin-Arab Middle Ages. He embarks upon secular epics, scientific texts and the Bible. Important historic centres of translation such as Toledo, Salerno, as well the roles of individual translators and translation schools dealt with.

Source : J. Vluijmans

Reviewed by

Pym, Anthony. 1999. Review of Das arabisch-lateinische Mittelalter: das arabisch-lateinische Mittelalter. Target 11 (1) : 149–152.