Category: 13th-century Moroccan people

Similarly, most of Ibn Juzayy's descriptions of places in Palestine were copied from an account by the 13th-century traveller Muhammad al-Abdari.

His knowledge of optics was connected to the handed-down long-standing tradition of the Kitab al-manazir ( The Optics ; De aspectibus ) of the Arab polymath Alhazen ( Ibn al-Haytham, d. c. 1041 ), which was mediated by Franciscan optical workshops of the 13th-century Perspectivae traditions of scholars such as Roger Bacon, John Peckham and Witelo ( similar influences are also traceable in the third commentary of Lorenzo Ghiberti, Commentario terzo ).

The earliest novels to deal with the concept of autodidacticism were the Arabic novels, Philosophus Autodidactus, written by Ibn Tufail in 12th-century Islamic Spain, and Theologus Autodidactus, written by Ibn al-Nafis in 13th-century Egypt.

Although some information on 13th-century Mali is available from Arabic sources like Ibn Khaldun, there is a severe limitation of written documentation on this period.

According to legend, the 13th-century scientist and philosopher Albertus Magnus is said to have discovered the philosopher's stone and passed it to his pupil, Thomas Aquinas, shortly before his death circa 1280.

Little of the original Abbey remains, save a 13th-century lavabo ( where the monks washed their hands before eating ), some Romanesque arches and a 14th-century chapter house.

I. 27 ) ( 13th-century ) calls him Gurthigerno.

Unlike many other 13th-century Welsh castles, Caerphilly Castle was not built by Edward I in his crack-down on the Welsh lords, but by Gilbert ' the Red ' de Clare, a powerful, red-headed nobleman of Norman descent, as a response to a dispute between him and the Prince of Gwynedd, Llywelyn the Last.

An anonymous 13th-century vida of William remembers him thus:

Few manuscripts were signed, so the list might be extended almost indefinitely, but some manuscripts can be said to have transferred some of their importance to the copyist ; in the manuscript tradition of Phaedrus, for example, it is common to refer to the Anonymus Nilanti, a 13th-century copyist named after the scholar who edited him in 1709.

It was written in what are today Ukrainian lands and incorporates much information from the lost 12th-century Kievan and 13th-century Halychian chronicles.

In the bellchamber is a window in each wall, made up from 12th-century and 13th-century material and a 12th-century stringcourse re-used.

There's a 12th-century Byzantine castle, the 13th-century Atabey Mosque and the Ibni Neccar Mosque also located in the province.

* About 1250 medieval manuscripts including the great 12th-century Eadwine Psalter from Christ Church, Canterbury and the 13th-century Anglo-Norman Trinity Apocalypse

Modern historians generally recognize the dangers in attributing 13th-century laws to the 12th-century kingdom, although earlier it was believed that these assizes represented the purest form of medieval European feudalism.

The Hypatian manuscript dates back to ca 1425, but it incorporates much precious information from the lost 12th-century Kievan and 13th-century Galician chronicles.

Belarusian literature began with 11th-to 13th-century religious writing ; the work of 12th-century poet Kiryla Turauski is representative.

Most historians today, including John's recent biographers Ralph Turner and Lewis Warren, argue that John was an unsuccessful monarch, but note that his failings were exaggerated by 12th-and 13th-century chroniclers.

In the 13th-century versions of the diagram, the caption " FILIUS " is placed in the bottom node, and often a cross is drawn in the link between the center node and the bottom node, in order to symbolize the idea that the Second Person of the Trinity entered into the world ( or that " The Word was made flesh ", as is stated in a Latin annotation on the diagram included in Matthew Paris ' Chronica Majora which quotes from the Vulgate of John verse 1: 14 ).

The iconography of the tympanum and archivolts of the late 13th-century portal of Strasbourg Cathedral was inspired by the writings of Albertus Magnus.

One of the first written references is from an anonymous 13th-century North Africa / Andalusian cookbook, Kitāb al-tabǐkh fǐ al-Maghrib ( North Africa ) wa ' l-Andalus ( Arabic ) " The cookbook of the Maghreb and Al-Andalus ", with a recipe for couscous that was ' known all over the world '.

Guillaume Tell was a political epic adapted from Schiller ’ s play ( 1804 ) about the 13th-century Swiss patriot who rallied his country against the Austrians.

Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī (), also known as Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī (), and more popularly in the English-speaking world simply as Rumi ( 30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273 ), was a 13th-century after whose death in 1284 Rumi's younger and only surviving son, Sultan Walad ( died 1312 ), favorably known as author of the mystical Maṭnawī Rabābnāma, or the Book of the Rabab was installed as grand master of the order.

The most significant of these 13th-century prose romances was the Vulgate Cycle ( also known as the Lancelot-Grail Cycle ), a series of five Middle French prose works written in the first half of that century.

Another hero of the Grail quest, Sir Galahad ( a 13th-century literary invention of monks from St. Bernard's Cistercian Order ) was depicted bearing a shield with the cross of Saint George, similar to the Templars ' insignia: this version presented the " Holy " Grail as a Christian relic.

Only earthworks and fragments of masonry remain of what was an extensive 13th-century barbican structure including a stone wall and an external gatehouse guarding the main approach to the castle.

The name Madageiscar was first recorded in the memoirs of 13th-century Venetian explorer Marco Polo as a corrupted form of the name Mogadishu, the Somali port with which Polo had confused the island.

The characteristics they shared with many Merovingian female saints may be mentioned: Regenulfa of Incourt, a 7th-century virgin in French-speaking Brabant of the ancestral line of the dukes of Brabant fled from a proposal of marriage to live isolated in the forest, where a curative spring sprang forth at her touch ; Ermelindis of Meldert, a 6th-century virgin related to Pepin I, inhabited several isolated villas ; Begga of Andenne, the mother of Pepin II, founded seven churches in Andenne during her widowhood ; the purely legendary " Oda of Amay " was drawn into the Carolingian line by spurious genealogy in her 13th-century vita, which made her the mother of Arnulf, Bishop of Metz, but she has been identified with the historical Saint Chrodoara ; finally, the widely-venerated Gertrude of Nivelles, sister of Begga in the Carolingian ancestry, was abbess of a nunnery established by her mother.

The 13th-century Cistercian monk and chronicler Peter of Vaux de Cernay claimed it was part of Catharist belief that the earthly Jesus Christ had a relationship with Mary Magdalene, described as his concubine.

The story first appeared in 13th-century chronicles, and was subsequently spread and embellished throughout Europe.

The Land of Cockaigne ( also Cockaygne, Cokaygne ), was an imaginary land of idleness and luxury, famous in medieval story, and the subject of more than one poem, one of which, an early translation of a 13th-century French work, is given in Ellis's Specimens of Early English Poets.

15v ) was a 13th-century artist from Picardy in northern France.

This sentiment was further inspired by the rediscovery of a contemporary, 13th-century wall painting of Tamar in the then-ruined Betania monastery, which was uncovered and restored by Prince Grigory Gagarin in the 1840s.

He spoke of a notation made by Snorri Sturluson, a 13th-century historian-mythographer in Ynglinga Saga which relates that " Odin ( a Scandinavian god who was one of the kings ) came to the North with his people from a country called Aser.

Some hint of Cnut's childhood can be found in the Flateyjarbók, a 13th-century source, stating at one point that Cnut was taught his soldiery by the chieftain Thorkell the Tall, brother to Sigurd, Jarl of mythical Jomsborg, and the legendary Joms, at their Viking stronghold on the Island of Wollin, off the coast of Pomerania.

This 13th-century sovereign was named after the 10th-century Emperor Horikawa and go-( 後 ), translates literally as " later "; and thus, he is sometimes called the " Later Emperor Horikawa ".

This 13th-century sovereign was named after the 8th-century Emperor Saga and go-( 後 ), translates literally as " later "; and thus, he is sometimes called the " Later Emperor Saga ".

Henry of Livonia ( Henricus de Lettis ) in his 13th-century Latin chronicle described a tribe called the Vindi.

This 13th-century sovereign was named after the 9th-century Emperor Nimmyō and go-( 後 ), translates literally as " later ;" and thus, he could be called the " Later Emperor Fukakusa ".

This 13th-century sovereign was named after the 9th-century Emperor Uda and go-( 後 ), translates literally as " later "; and thus, he is sometimes called the " Later Emperor Uda ".

This 13th-century sovereign was named after his father, Emperor Fushimi and go-( 後 ), translates literally as " later "; and thus, he is sometimes called the " Later Emperor Fushimi ".

Though the settlement became known as Ludlow, Fouke le Fitz Waryn a 13th-century poem states that it was called Dinham " for a very long time ".

A 13th-century date for the historical Mopsus may be confirmed by a Hittite tablet from Boğazkale which mentions a person called Mukšuš in connection with Madduwattaš of Arzawa and Attaršiyaš of Ahhiyā.

Among historical landmarks in the town are a free-standing 17th-century clock tower, a grand town hall originally designed by Sir John Vanbrugh, Collingwood House the Georgian home of Admiral Lord Collingwood, and a 13th-century chapel called The Chantry which is now the tourist information centre and houses such cultural institutions as the Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum.

Books of the Marvels of the World ( French: Livres des merveilles du monde ) or Description of the World ( Divisament dou monde ), also nicknamed Il Milione (" The Million ") or Oriente Poliano and commonly called The Travels of Marco Polo, is a 13th-century travelogue written down by Rustichello da Pisa from stories told by Marco Polo, describing the travels of the latter through Asia, Persia, China, and Indonesia between 1271 and 1291.

It is attributed to the 13th-century saint Francis of Assisi, although the prayer in its present form cannot be traced back further than 1912, when it was printed in France in French, in a small spiritual magazine called La Clochette ( The Little Bell ) as an anonymous prayer, as demonstrated by Dr. Christian Renoux in 2001.

This 13th-century Court poetry, which deals mainly with love and personal insult ( often wrongly called satire ), by no means derives entirely from Provençal models and conventions ( as is often said ).

In 13th-century England, Sarum chant was notated using square noteheads, a practice which subsequently spread throughout Europe ; in Germany, a variant called Gothic neumes continued to be used until the 16th century.

Medieval astrologers, most notably the major 13th-century Italian, Guido Bonatti, a contemporary of Dante, assumed it was the Arabs who originated the concept of the lots, and hence they came eventually to be called the " Arabic parts ".