Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VI, 1951 Sciences Scientists

John of Seville (Johannes Hispalensis)

GIOVANNI DI SIVIGLIA (JOHANNES HISPALENSIS)

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JOHN OF SEVILLE (Johannes Hispalensis). - Christian astronomer and mathematician, active in Andalusia in the first half of the 12th century and often confused with John Ibn Dāwūd (v.).

Besides translations of astrological works by Albumasar and al-Farghani, he is the author of an Epitome totius astrologiae of 1142 and of the Liber alghorismi de practica arismetricae.

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BIBL.: G. Sarton, Intro. to the history of science, Baltimore 1931, p. 170 ff.; M. A. Alonso, Notas sobre los traductores toledanos, in al-Andalus, 8 (1943), pp. 163-68.

Bruno Nardi

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI (1951), col. 609.

More by Bruno Nardi: Ripatransone, Johannes de (John of Ripatransone) · Johannes Hispanus (Aren Darut) · Gerard of Abbeville · Genua, Marc'Antonio, known as Il Genua (Genoa, Zenoa, Janua) · Ficino, Marsilio

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Nardi, Bruno. “Giovanni di Siviglia (Johannes Hispalensis).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, col. 609. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/giovanni-di-siviglia-johannes-hispalensis.

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Nardi, Bruno. “Giovanni di Siviglia (Johannes Hispalensis).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 609. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/giovanni-di-siviglia-johannes-hispalensis.

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  author    = {Nardi, Bruno},
  title     = {Giovanni di Siviglia (Johannes Hispalensis)},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VI},
  pages     = {609},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/giovanni-di-siviglia-johannes-hispalensis}
}

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