What books could be in the library of Pope Sylvester II? What languages could these books have been written in?
| October 31, 2020 | Education
Pope Sylvester II’s library contained books in Latin, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, and possibly Persian. Besides the Bible, there were the works of Euclid, Plato, and Aristotle; there could also be books by Plutarch and Islamic scholars: the philosopher Farabi, the historian Tabari, the geographer Ibn Khordadbeh.
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