Abstract

MOLININI, Daniele. The First Sicilian School of Translators. Nova tellus [online]. 2009, vol.27, n.1, pp.191-205. ISSN 0185-3058.

Norman Sicily of King Roger II (1095-1154) and William I (1125-1166) represents an essential bridge for the transmission of classical heritage and Arab knowledge. In this paper we want to focus on this movement of transmission, stress the differences towards the Spanish case and show who the main actors were and in what consists the originality of the First Sicilian School of Translators.

Keywords : arab knowledge; classical tradition; sicilian school; translation.