How original are the works of the so called great renaissance artist Lorenzo Ghiberti?
Mark Smith of Univeristy of Columbia in Cambridge Journal
...That the medieval Latin version of Ibn al-Haytham-s Kitab al-Manair was translated into Italian in the fourteenth century has been known for well over a century. Recent studies have shown that this translation, which is contained in Vat. Lat. 4595, was instrumental in the composition of Lorenzo Ghiberti-s Commentario terzo on art..
