Hermann von Kärnten#
Hermann von Kaernten (also Hermann the Slav), lived during the first half of the 12th century; translated astronomical and mathematical texts from Arabic into Latin. Studied at Chartres and worked in Southern France and North Spain.
Works#
Translation of the Elements of Euclid and of the Planisphaerium by Ptolemaios (stereographical projection); first translation of the Koran into Latin (with Robert of Chester); astronomical and philosophical works.Literature#
P. M. Alonso, Hermann of Carinthia, "De essentiis", 1946; H. L. L. Busard, The Translation of the Elements of Euclid from the Arabic into Latin by Hermann of Carinthia, 1968; H. Kaiser, Hermann of Carinthia and the Translators of the Twelfth Century, in: History Papers, Monash 1980.