Talk:University of Al-Karaouine
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Why is this university not in the List of oldest universities in continuous operation mentioned in the article? SDC 09:36, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Pope Sylvester II
I have removed the undocumentd claim that Gerbert, later "Pope Sylvester II, who is credited with introducing the use of Arabic numerals and the concept of zero to Europe, is said to have studied at the university."
Bubnov dismisses the story that Gerbert travelled to Cordoba (to say nothing of further travels to Seville and Morocco) as a fable. Nicolaus Bubnov, Gerberti, postea Silvestri II papae, Opera Mathematica (972-1003), Hildesheim, Georg Olms, 1963, reprint of the Berlin, 1899 edition, p. 383, n. 32. --SteveMcCluskey 00:16, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
- No indeed. He amy have been to Spain (Oscar G. Darlington, "Gerbert, the Teacher," The American Historical Review, 52 (1947): 456-476, see note. 28), but there no mention of Fez in biographies at
for intsance [1] does not mention Fez [2] [3] S711 20:25, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
