Note 229 — Chapter II · THE CONTRIBUTION OF WESTERN CHRISTENDOM BEFORE 1100 A. D.
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“The size of the sun is greater than that of the earth and so from the 385moment when it rises it appears equally to east and west at the same time” (Etym., III, 47; translated by Brehaut, op. cit., p. 147). Gribaudi (Isidoro, 1905, p. 22) argued that Isidore of Seville held to the theory of sphericity.