translator

Gerard of Cremona

c. 1114–1187

The most prolific translator of the Middle Ages. His students say he went to Toledo for love of the Almagest, which no Latin library had, learned Arabic there, and stayed for life. He never signed his work; after his death his students listed the seventy-plus books he had translated, working with local collaborators like the Mozarab Galib.

Crossings

c. 1140–1175 Almagest , Arabic Latin · translator · Toledo attested
c. 1150–1187 Elements , Arabic Latin · translator · Toledo attested
c. 1150–1187 Algebra , Arabic Latin · translator · Toledo attested
c. 1150–1187 Canon of Medicine , Arabic Latin · translator · Toledo attested

Sources

Lemay, Richard (1978). Gerard of Cremona.
Burnett, Charles (2001). The Coherence of the Arabic-Latin Translation Program in Toledo in the Twelfth Century.