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    Michael Scot (Latin: Michael Scotus; 1175 – c. 1232) was a Scottish mathematician and scholar in the Middle Ages. He was educated at Oxford and Paris,...
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  • Michael Scott, Michael Scot, or Mike Scott may refer to: Michael Scot (1175 – c. 1232), mathematician and astrologer Michael L. Scott (born 1959), American...
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  • by Frederick II. Under this royal patronage, and in association with Michael Scot, Anatoli made Arabic learning accessible to Western readers. Among his...
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  • century), English pirate Michael Scot (c. 1175 – 1232), Scottish astrologer Reginald Scot (c. 1538 – 1599), English author Robert Scot (1744–1823), American...
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  • Arabic version was the source for the Latin translation De Animalibus by Michael Scot in Toledo before 1217. Several complete manuscript versions exist in...
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    medieval literature credits the invention of the cervellière to astrologer Michael Scot c. 1233, though this is not seriously entertained by most historians...
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    in the Liber Luminis luminum, a Latin treatise usually attributed to Michael Scot (died before 1236) but perhaps translated by him from the Arabic. One...
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    this version are known. A revised version of Liber Abaci, dedicated to Michael Scot, appeared in 1227 CE. There are at least nineteen manuscripts extant...
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    and his court was host to many astrologers and astronomers, including Michael Scot and Guido Bonatti. He often sent letters to the leading scholars of the...
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    a symbol for mercury. An engraving of a woman holding an ouroboros in Michael Ranft's 1734 treatise on vampires Transylvanian Thaler of Gabriel Bethlen...
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