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Science Translated: Latin and Vernacular Translations of Scientific Treatises in Medieval Europe (Mediaevalia Lovaniensia)

By Michele Goyens , Pieter De Leemans , An Smets (editors)

Book information

Publisher
Leuven University Press
Year
2008
ISBN
9058676714, 9789058676719
Open Library ID
OL23970977M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5468027 bytes)
Series
Mediaevalia Lovaniensia volume Series I / Studia XL
Pages
490\490
Topic
Linguistics Foreign
Orientation
no
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00
Языки и языкознание;Латинский язык;Христианская и

Description

Mediaevalia Lovaniensia 40Medieval translators played an important role in the development and evolution of a scientific lexicon. At a time when most scholars deferred to authority, the translations of canonical texts assumed great importance. Moreover, translation occurred at two levels in the Middle Ages. First, Greek or Arabic texts were translated into the learned language, Latin. Second, Latin texts became source texts themselves, to be translated into the vernaculars as their importance across Europe started to increase.The situation of the respective translators at these two levels was fundamentally different: whereas the former could rely on a long tradition of scientific discourse, the latter had the enormous responsibility of actually developing a scientific vocabulary. The contributions in the present volume investigate both levels, greatly illuminating the emergence of the scientific terminology and concepts that became so fundamental in early modern intellectual discourse. The scientific disciplines covered in the book include, among others, medicine, biology, astronomy, and physics.

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