Why Translate Science?: Documents From Antiquity to the 16 Th Century in the Historical West

Brill (2022)
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A collection of documents from antiquity to the 16th century in the historical West, in the original languages with an English translation and introductory essays, about the motivations and purposes of translation from and into Greek, Syriac, Middle Persian, Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin, as given in the personal statements by the translators, scholars, and historians of each society.

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