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Rudolf of Bruges

12th-century Flemish translator

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Rudolf of Bruges was an astronomer, translator, astrologer and canon.

Rudolf (Rudolph) of Bruges was a Flemish translator from Arabic into Latin active in the twelfth century who worked at the Toledo School of Translators.

He was a pupil of Hermann of Carinthia. He was an astronomer, and translated into Latin as Liber de compositione astrolabii, a major work of Islamic science on the astrolabe by Maslamah Ibn Ahmad al-Majriti, that he dedicated to his colleague at the Toledo School, John of Seville.

He also produced commentary on Ptolemy's Planisphaerium by the same author.

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12th-century Flemish translator

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Rudolf of Bruges was an astronomer, translator, astrologer and canon.

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· Wikipedia: Rudolf of Bruges

· Wikidata: Q7377368

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