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Lupitus was instrumental in the transfer of Arabic mathematics, including the Astrolabe and the Hindu-Arabic Numeral System to Christian Europe. Gerbert Of Aurillac in a letter of 984 asks Lupitus for a translation of an Arabic Astronomical treatise, the ''Sententiae astrolabii''.


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  • Juan Vernet, ''The pursuit of learning - Moorish rule in Spain - Al-Andalus: where three worlds met'', UNESCO Courier, Dec 1991. {Link without Title}