Note 634 — PART IV PROBABILITY OF THE TRANSMISSION OF ISLAMIC MODELS TO CHRISTIAN EUROPE AND PARTICULARLY TO DANTE
Harold Sunderland translation
Typical of the vogue for Arabic is the following text, taken from the Liber Adelardi Batensis de quibusdam naturalibus questionibus (MS. Bibl. Escur., III, o, 2, fol. 74). Adelard of Bath was one of the learned Englishmen who worked at the Toledan School of Translators. The text is from the prologue and is addressed to a nephew.
“Meministi, nepos, quod, septennio iam transacto, cum te in gallicis studiis pene puerum iuxta Laudisdunum una cum ceteris auditoribus in eis dimiserim, id iter nos convenisse ut arabum studia ego pro posse meo scrutarer.... Quod utrum recte expleverim re ipsa probari potest. Hac precipue oportunitate quod cum sarracenorum sentencias te sepe exponentem auditor tantum noverim earumque non pauce satis utiles mihi videantur, pacienciam meam paulisper abrumpam, teque edisserente, ego siccubi mihi videbitur obviabo. Quippe et illos impudice extollis et nostros detractionis modo inscitia invidiose arguis....”