A PRINTED FIRST EDITION OF THE 'NOMENCLATOR SYRIACUS' BY GIOVANNI...
A PRINTED FIRST EDITION OF 'THE NOMENCLATOR SYRIACUS' BY GIOVANNI BATTISTA FERRARI
Rome, Italy, dated 1622
Comprising 298 pages, with typography on the title page combines elaborate Syriac script with Roman characters; published in Rome during the early seventeenth century, the 'Nomenclator Syriacus' reflects the intense scholarly interst in Near Eastern languages that flourished within the Catholic Church during the Counter-Reformation; associated with the Jesuit order and various Oriental colleges worked to compile dictionaries, grammars and lexicons to facilitate biblical studies and missionary works; Giovanni Battista Ferrari, a noted Jesuit scholar, contributed to the philological pursuits through his careful arrangement of Syriac vocabulary.
35.8cm x 17.7cm
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A PRINTED FIRST EDITION OF 'THE NOMENCLATOR SYRIACUS' BY GIOVANNI BATTISTA FERRARI
Rome, Italy, dated 1622
Comprising 298 pages, with typography on the title page combines elaborate Syriac script with Roman characters; published in Rome during the early seventeenth century, the 'Nomenclator Syriacus' reflects the intense scholarly interst in Near Eastern languages that flourished within the Catholic Church during the Counter-Reformation; associated with the Jesuit order and various Oriental colleges worked to compile dictionaries, grammars and lexicons to facilitate biblical studies and missionary works; Giovanni Battista Ferrari, a noted Jesuit scholar, contributed to the philological pursuits through his careful arrangement of Syriac vocabulary.
35.8cm x 17.7cm
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Time, Location
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