A PRINTED THESAURUS 'ARABICO-SYRO-LATINUS' BY TOMMASO OBICINI Printed by the...
A PRINTED THESAURUS 'ARABICO-SYRO-LATINUS' BY TOMMASO OBICINI
Printed by the Printing Press of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, Rome, Italy, 1636
Composed of 281 pages, this Thesaurus Arabico-Syro-Latinus is a trilingual Arabic–Syriac–Latin dictionary, edited and rendered into Latin by the Franciscan orientalist Tommaso Obicini of the Order of Friars Minor at the College of San Pietro in Monte Aureo, it was printed in Rome by the press of the Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide (the Printing Press of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith), and draws on the eleventh-century Syriac-Arabic dictionary The Book of the Interpreter, compiled by Elijah of Nisibis, an Assyrian cleric who served as Bishop of Beth Nuhadra, the book intended to assist Latin-speaking prelates in converting Syrians and other Arabic speakers; original binding in vellum.
17cm x 11cm
Thomas Obicini of Novara (1585–1632) was a pioneering orientalist, Arabist, and linguist, he translated Arabic texts into Latin and, in 1620, secured the Grotto of Nazareth for the Franciscan order. That same year, he travelled from Jerusalem to meet the Emir of Beirut, Fakhr Al-Din II who readily granted the Franciscans custody of two Christian holy sites: the Grotto of Nazareth and Mount Tabor. While serving as abbot of the convent in Aleppo, Syria, he mastered Syriac, Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic, and Coptic.
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A PRINTED THESAURUS 'ARABICO-SYRO-LATINUS' BY TOMMASO OBICINI
Printed by the Printing Press of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, Rome, Italy, 1636
Composed of 281 pages, this Thesaurus Arabico-Syro-Latinus is a trilingual Arabic–Syriac–Latin dictionary, edited and rendered into Latin by the Franciscan orientalist Tommaso Obicini of the Order of Friars Minor at the College of San Pietro in Monte Aureo, it was printed in Rome by the press of the Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide (the Printing Press of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith), and draws on the eleventh-century Syriac-Arabic dictionary The Book of the Interpreter, compiled by Elijah of Nisibis, an Assyrian cleric who served as Bishop of Beth Nuhadra, the book intended to assist Latin-speaking prelates in converting Syrians and other Arabic speakers; original binding in vellum.
17cm x 11cm
Thomas Obicini of Novara (1585–1632) was a pioneering orientalist, Arabist, and linguist, he translated Arabic texts into Latin and, in 1620, secured the Grotto of Nazareth for the Franciscan order. That same year, he travelled from Jerusalem to meet the Emir of Beirut, Fakhr Al-Din II who readily granted the Franciscans custody of two Christian holy sites: the Grotto of Nazareth and Mount Tabor. While serving as abbot of the convent in Aleppo, Syria, he mastered Syriac, Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic, and Coptic.
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