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Toledo Translation School

Toledo Translation School was a critical school

The Middle Ages and the early years of the Renaissance, namely the royal libraries of Abd al-Rahman III, the Toledo Translation school of Alfronso VI and the Biblioteca Colombina, Hernan Columbus’ personal library. Each was a landmark of its time and I wish to use them as a way to introduce others to Iberia’s lengthy book history. The libraries of Abd al-Rahman III represented what was amassed and collected by Muslim society and culture before the turn of the 1st millennium. So great was this and other, similar collections that when Christian kings captured former Muslim cities, they immediately set up places that could translate and house such information. The Toledo translation school was established in 1085 by the Castilian king to do just that. It is unique because it was an international translation effort, with scholars and monks traveling from England, Italy, Germany and the Low Countries in order to translate medical, religious, classical and philosophical texts into Latin at the request of the Castilian Monarchy. In contrast, the Biblioteca Colombina was a personal library that was amassed in the early decades of the 16th century by Christopher Columbus’ son, Hernan. Hernan Columbus managed to compile a fantastical collection of books -almost 15,000 by the time of his death- through the use of personal book buyers and librarians who catalogued the acquisitions. Out of all the libraries, the Biblioteca Colombina is still in existence, with over 8,000 titles and the original catalogues currently held by the Cathedral Library in Sevilla, Spain.

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he Middle Ages and the early years of the Renaissance, namely the royal libraries of Abd al-Rahman III, the Toledo Translation school of Alfronso VI and the Biblioteca Colombina, Hernan Columbus’ personal library. Each was a landmark of its time and I wish to use them as a way to introduce others to Iberia’s lengthy book history. The libraries of Abd al-Rahman III represented what was amassed and collected by Muslim society and culture before the turn of the 1st millennium. So great was this and other, similar collections that when Christian kings captured former Muslim cities, they immediately set up places that could translate and house such information. The Toledo translation school was established in 1085 by the Castilian king to do just that. It is unique because it was an international translation effort, with scholars and monks traveling from England, Italy, Germany and the Low Countries in order to translate medical, religious, classical and philosophical texts into Latin at the request of the Castilian Monarchy. In contrast, the Biblioteca Colombina was a personal library that was amassed in the early decades of the 16th century by Christopher Columbus’ son, Hernan. Hernan Columbus managed to compile a fantastical collection of books -almost 15,000 by the time of his death- through the use of personal book buyers and librarians who catalogued the acquisitions. Out of all the libraries, the Biblioteca Colombina is still in existence, with over 8,000 titles and the original catalogues currently held by the Cathedral Library in Sevilla, Spain.