Saint Yared (525-571)

Saint Yared (525-571)

Saint Yared (525-571) Alternative last name spellings: – Alternative first name spellings: Yared Alias: –   GENERAL INFO Description: Saint Yared was a legendary Ethiopian musician, inventor of the traditional sacred music of the Ethiopian Orthodox church,...
Ptolemy, Claudius (c.100 – c.170)

Ptolemy, Claudius (c.100 – c.170)

Ptolemy, Claudius (c.100 – c.170) Alternative last name spellings: Κλαύδιος Πτολεμαῖος Alternative first name spellings: Claudius Ptolemaeus Alias: Ptolemy I know that I am mortal by nature and ephemeral, but when I trace at my pleasure the windings to and fro...
al-Nadim, Ibn (935–995)

al-Nadim, Ibn (935–995)

al-Nadim, Ibn (935–995) Alternative last name spellings: ibn Abī Ya’qūb Ishāq ibn Muḥammad ibn Ishāq al-Warrāq Alternative first name spellings: Abū al-Faraj Muḥammad ibn Ishāq al-Nadīm Alias:   GENERAL INFO Description: Ibn al-Nadim was an Arab erudite and...
Abelard, Peter (1079-1142)

Abelard, Peter (1079-1142)

Abelard, Peter (1079-1142) Alternative last name spellings: Abailard, Abelardus, Abelardo. Alternative first name spellings: Pierre, Petrus, Pedro. Alias: “Constant and frequent questioning is the first key to wisdom … For through doubting we are led to inquire,...
Ziryab (789–857)

Ziryab (789–857)

Ziryab (789–857) Alternative last name spellings: – Alternative first name spellings: Abu l-Hasan ‘Ali Ibn Nafi‘ Alias: –   GENERAL INFO Description: Ziryab was a musician recognized as a polymath, famous for the refined oriental customs that...