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Andrea Alpago:

Not much is truly known about his childhood nor his time in medical school. However, it i s commonly assumed that his school was completed in Padua

while working at the consulate, Alpago began to work outside of his medical field to aid in translations between Latin and Arabic. His ability allowed him to have a strong advantage over other European physicians as well as be of great use to the consulate.

His translations of Avicenna's work from Arabic to Latin as possible one of his greatest known achievements. This work allowed for greater transmission of knowledge and Islamicate work by European and Latin speaking countries

He was known in Venice as the one who translated Avicenna

The Canon thoroughly explains as well as illustrates many vital parts of medicine including but not limited to anatomy and pharmacology.

While working for the consulate, Alpago became a friend and mentee to Ibn al-Makkī. This friendship strongly influenced Alpago's career as Ibn al-Makkī introduced him to Avicenna's work. Alpago nearly left the consulate in 1507, however, due to issues with his replacement he stayed until 1517. After this time, his nephew, Paulo Alpago, traveled with him to the consulate of Nicosia in Cyprus. Alpago stayed in Cyprus until December of 1520

when he eventually traveled back to Venice.

After nearly twenty years working in Damascus, Alpago almost left the consulate in 1507, however, due his disagreement with the man who was supposed to replace him, he stayed until 1517.

During his travel back to Venice, he ventured through various Arabic countries to find manuscripts, learn culture, and better understand languages

Upon his return to Venice, he was appointed to work for the university

September of 1521

"which accompanies and integrates the traditional one, not only corrects the transcription and illustrates the meaning of an overwhelming number of anatomical, cynical, pharmacological terms, but refers to passages from Arabic works of medicine, pharmacopoeia, natural history and contains direct and precise observations of the oriental environment; in the brief introduction, the legend of Avicenna's Spanish origin is rectified (and the editions from 1544 onwards contain the biography of Avicenna composed by a disciple of him and translated from a manuscript owned by the A.) and substantially information is provided exact on the peculiarity of Arabic script and Muslim onomastics. Both in the Canon and in the other translated texts the to. takes care to report variants of manuscripts." https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/andrea-alpago_(Dizionario-Biografico)/&prev=search&pto=aue