CONTENTS 

 CHAPTEE I 



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State of Scotland in the twelfth century Necessity of foreign 

 travel to scholars bred there Michael Scot : his Nation 

 and Birthplace. The account given by Boece, how far it is 

 to be believed The date of Scot's birth and nature of his 

 first studies Scot at Paris : his growing fame, and the 

 degrees he won in that school Probability that further 

 study at Bologna formed the introduction to his life in the 

 south, . . .. . . . ; . . . . 1 



CHAPTEE II 



The position held by Scot at the Court of Sicily His service 

 under the Clerk Kegister, who seems to have been the same 

 as Philip of Tripoli Scot appointed tutor to Frederick n. 

 Advantages of such a position He teaches the Prince 

 mathematics and acts as Court Astrologer Publication of 

 the Astronomia and Liber Introductorius Frederick's 

 marriage Scot produces the Physionomia and presents it 

 on this occasion Account of this the most popular of his 

 books, and of the sources from which it was derived Scot 

 quits Sicily for Spain, . . . . . . 18 



CHAPTEE III 



An important moment The history of the Arabs in their in- 

 fluence on the intellectual life of Europe The school of Toledo 

 Scot fixes his residence in that city The name and fame 

 of Aristotle Scot engages in translating Arabic versions of 

 the works of Aristotle on Natural History The De Ani- 

 malibus and its connection with the Physionomia The 

 Abbreviatio Avicennae and its relation to former versions of 



