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Ristoro or Restoro d'Arezzo was an Italian monk of the 13th century, author of the ''Composizione del Mondo''〔(Called a ‘vernacular astronomy primer’ )〕 of c. 1282. This is the first astronomical work to be written in Italian (Tuscan).〔In fact the first scientific work in Italian; see the external link. Also it is the first Italian prose work.〕 It contains also, as its title (The Composition of the World) suggests, geological theories: these covered the internal structure of a spherical shell Earth, fossils, and erosion, amongst others. He observed a solar eclipse in 1239 and noted the exact time spend in totality.〔Peter Pesic ''Sky in a Bottle'' Cambridge MA:2005- MIT Press Page 27〕 It has been claimed that Dante was familiar with Ristoro’s work.〔(Dante Alighieri ).〕 Dante in the ''Quaestio de Aqua et Terra'' dated to 1320 did consider related matters.〔There has been some past scholarly controversy over whether this work really is by Dante.〕 ==References== * Alberto Morino (editor) (Lavis, La Finestra editrice 2006), ''La composizione del mondo'', Restoro d'Arezzo 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Restoro d'Arezzo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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