At 22:11 19/03/98 -0500, you wrote:
>I have heard Astralabe's name explained as expressing Peter's interest in
>things Arabic, the astrolabe being of Arabic origin; according to this
>theory, Peter was beginning to take an interest in the knowledge, philosophy,
>and science coming into Europe via Muslim Spain, and naming his son after a
>navigational computer, however unusual that may be, demonstrated his
>attraction to this new source of knowledge.
>
>Steve Cartwright
>
>Except that he didn't name his son; he insists it was Heloise's idea.
Bill.
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