Hermann of Carinthia

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Hermann of Carinthia was a 12th-century philosopher, astronomer, and translator noted for rendering key Arabic scientific and philosophical works into Latin, helping transmit Islamic and ancient Greek knowledge to medieval Europe.

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instanceOf human
medieval scholar
philosopher
translator
alternativeName Hermann the Dalmatian
Hermannus Dalmata
Hermannus Dalmaticus
Hermannus de Carinthia
countryOfCitizenship Holy Roman Empire
educatedAt Chartres school
era High Middle Ages
ethnicGroup Carinthian
fieldOfWork astrology
astronomy
philosophy
translation of scientific texts
floruit 12th century
gender male
genre astrological treatise
philosophical treatise
scientific literature
influenced Latin medieval science
scholastic philosophy
influencedBy Arabic science
Islamic philosophy
ancient Greek philosophy
knownFor translating Arabic scientific works into Latin
transmitting Islamic science to medieval Europe
transmitting ancient Greek knowledge via Arabic sources
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic (as source language)
Latin
movement 12th-century Renaissance
notableWork De essentiis
De essentiis (On Essences)
De essentiis et substantiis
De indagatione cordis
Translation of Ptolemy’s Planisphaerium
Translation of astrological works of Sahl ibn Bishr
Translation of the Tabulae Toletanae (Toledan Tables)
occupation astrologer
astronomer
philosopher
translator
placeOfActivity Chartres
Toledo
southern France
linked to: Southern France
placeOfBirth Carinthia
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
studiedUnder Thierry of Chartres

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Peter the Venerable collaboratedWith Hermann of Carinthia
Robert of Ketton collaboratedWith Hermann of Carinthia