An alternative spelling of algarsife, referring to a mathematical or surveying device of Arabic origin.
Variant transliteration of algarsife from Arabic sources, showing how different medieval scholars spelled the same term based on different pronunciations and writing systems.
This spelling variation shows medieval scholars arguing about how to write Arabic words—kind of like modern debates about how to spell borrowed words from other languages!
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