De Aspectibus (Latin translation of Kitab al-Manazir)
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De Aspectibus is the influential medieval Latin translation of Ibn al-Haytham’s Kitab al-Manazir, a foundational work that transformed the study of optics in Europe.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
medieval Latin translation
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optics treatise ⓘ scientific work ⓘ |
| authorOfOriginal | Ibn al-Haytham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Kitab al-Manazir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| circulatedIn | Western Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains | geometrical demonstrations ⓘ |
| describes |
intromission theory of vision
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laws of reflection ⓘ propagation of light in straight lines ⓘ |
| field |
optics
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physics ⓘ visual perception ⓘ |
| genre |
optical treatise
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scientific treatise ⓘ |
| hasPart |
book on errors of vision
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book on mirrors ⓘ book on refraction ⓘ book on vision and the eye ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
contributed to the transformation of medieval optics into a mathematical science
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helped transmit Arabic optical science to Latin Europe ⓘ |
| influenced |
John Pecham
NERFINISHED
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Keplerian optics ⓘ Roger Bacon NERFINISHED ⓘ Witelo NERFINISHED ⓘ medieval European optics ⓘ scholastic natural philosophy ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
camera obscura
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geometrical optics ⓘ psychology of visual perception ⓘ reflection of light ⓘ refraction of light ⓘ theory of vision ⓘ |
| originalLanguageOfSource | Arabic ⓘ |
| originalTitleOfSource | Kitab al-Manazir GENERATED ⓘ |
| partOf | Latin scientific tradition ⓘ |
| periodOfTranslation | 12th century ⓘ |
| rejects | emission theory of vision ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
Renaissance natural philosophers
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medieval scholastic philosophers ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| usedIn | medieval university curricula ⓘ |
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