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

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Islamic optics → majorWork → De Aspectibus (Latin translation of Kitab al-Manazir) ⓘ
European scholastic optics → influencedByWork → Perspectiva (Alhazen Latin translation) ⓘ
linked to: De Aspectibus (Latin translation of Kitab al-Manazir)