Hugo of Santalla (also Hugh of Santalla, of Sanctalla, Hugo Sanctelliensis) was a significant translator of the first part of the twelfth century. From Arabic originals, he produced Latin translations of texts on

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. He is thought to have been a Spanish priest, working in

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. Michael, bishop of Tarazona was a patron. Works attributed to him are translations of Alfraganus, Haly, the ''Liber de secretis naturae'' of

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, ''De Spatula'' on divination, and the '' Tabula Smaragdina''.J.R. Ritman Library - Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica
His ''Liber Aristotilis'' was an anthology of material with Greek and Persian origins, none of it now attributed to

Aristotle Aristotle (; grc-gre, Ἀριστοτέλης ''Aristotélēs'', ; 384–322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Peripatetic school of ...

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*''The Liber Aristotilis of Hugo of Santalla'' (1997) by Charles Burnett,

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*''Commentary on tables of Alcoarismi, tr. Hugo of Santalla'': edited by E. Millás (Madrid 1963). * C. H. Haskins, ''The Translations of Hugo Sanctelliensis'', Romanic Review, II (1911)

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