Author: St. John's College (University of Oxford). Library
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199201952
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The collection of 41 treatises in 26 Oriental manuscripts now at St John's College, Oxford, reflect the varying ways in which Europeans have sought to make themselves familiar with the cultures of the East. Acquired between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, most are Arabic or Persian, but there are also Syriac, Hebrew, Turkish, Ethiopic, and Gujarati items. No mere catalogue, it includes an essay by Geert Jan van Gelder, the present Laudian Professor of Arabic, University of Oxford on the Arabic poetry that owners over the years jotted down on the margins, and is lavishly illustrated with 37 examples of calligraphy, diagrams, and illuminations.The catalogue provides a detailed description of every item within each manuscript. Most of the manuscript volumes were acquired through the donation of Archbishop William Laud (d. 1645), founder of the Chair of Arabic which bears his name. Several of his volumes were acquired from the traveller and adventurer Sir Kenelm Digby (d.1665), who bought them in Amsterdam, possibly on Laud's behalf. They are an interestingly varied collection, including Qur'ans and Arabic and Persian treatises on astronomical, mathematical, and military subjects. A bi-lingual Hebrew-Latin manuscript, as well as Arabic astronomical tables, came through the donation of Edward Bernard, Savilian Professor of Astronomy from 1673 to 1691. Six more manuscripts were given to the College in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, including an Ottoman Turkish letter, a Gujarati merchant's map, and two Hebrew thirteenth-century deeds of conveyance collected by the antiquary John Pointer (d. 1754), one-time chaplain of Merton College, Oxford.
A Descriptive Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts at St John's College, Oxford
Author: St. John's College (University of Oxford). Library
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199201952
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The collection of 41 treatises in 26 Oriental manuscripts now at St John's College, Oxford, reflect the varying ways in which Europeans have sought to make themselves familiar with the cultures of the East. Acquired between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, most are Arabic or Persian, but there are also Syriac, Hebrew, Turkish, Ethiopic, and Gujarati items. No mere catalogue, it includes an essay by Geert Jan van Gelder, the present Laudian Professor of Arabic, University of Oxford on the Arabic poetry that owners over the years jotted down on the margins, and is lavishly illustrated with 37 examples of calligraphy, diagrams, and illuminations.The catalogue provides a detailed description of every item within each manuscript. Most of the manuscript volumes were acquired through the donation of Archbishop William Laud (d. 1645), founder of the Chair of Arabic which bears his name. Several of his volumes were acquired from the traveller and adventurer Sir Kenelm Digby (d.1665), who bought them in Amsterdam, possibly on Laud's behalf. They are an interestingly varied collection, including Qur'ans and Arabic and Persian treatises on astronomical, mathematical, and military subjects. A bi-lingual Hebrew-Latin manuscript, as well as Arabic astronomical tables, came through the donation of Edward Bernard, Savilian Professor of Astronomy from 1673 to 1691. Six more manuscripts were given to the College in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, including an Ottoman Turkish letter, a Gujarati merchant's map, and two Hebrew thirteenth-century deeds of conveyance collected by the antiquary John Pointer (d. 1754), one-time chaplain of Merton College, Oxford.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199201952
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The collection of 41 treatises in 26 Oriental manuscripts now at St John's College, Oxford, reflect the varying ways in which Europeans have sought to make themselves familiar with the cultures of the East. Acquired between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, most are Arabic or Persian, but there are also Syriac, Hebrew, Turkish, Ethiopic, and Gujarati items. No mere catalogue, it includes an essay by Geert Jan van Gelder, the present Laudian Professor of Arabic, University of Oxford on the Arabic poetry that owners over the years jotted down on the margins, and is lavishly illustrated with 37 examples of calligraphy, diagrams, and illuminations.The catalogue provides a detailed description of every item within each manuscript. Most of the manuscript volumes were acquired through the donation of Archbishop William Laud (d. 1645), founder of the Chair of Arabic which bears his name. Several of his volumes were acquired from the traveller and adventurer Sir Kenelm Digby (d.1665), who bought them in Amsterdam, possibly on Laud's behalf. They are an interestingly varied collection, including Qur'ans and Arabic and Persian treatises on astronomical, mathematical, and military subjects. A bi-lingual Hebrew-Latin manuscript, as well as Arabic astronomical tables, came through the donation of Edward Bernard, Savilian Professor of Astronomy from 1673 to 1691. Six more manuscripts were given to the College in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, including an Ottoman Turkish letter, a Gujarati merchant's map, and two Hebrew thirteenth-century deeds of conveyance collected by the antiquary John Pointer (d. 1754), one-time chaplain of Merton College, Oxford.
A Catalogue Raisonnée [sic] of Oriental Manuscripts in the Library of the (late) College, Fort Saint George
Author: William Taylor (orientalist, missionary.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manuscripts
Languages : en
Pages : 762
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manuscripts
Languages : en
Pages : 762
Book Description
Oriental Manuscripts in Europe and North America
Author: James Douglas Pearson
Publisher: Zug : [Poststr. 14,] Inter Documentation Company
ISBN:
Category : Manuscripts, Oriental
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
Betrifft die Handschriften Codd. 350 (S. 458), 727, 731 (beide S. 283), 732 (S. 114), 733 (S. 283), 754, 763, 789 (alle drei S. 114), 790 (S. 89), 792 (S. 114), 811 (S. 458), 813 (S. 372), 820 (S. 89) und B 49 (S. 114) der Burgerbibliothek Bern.
Publisher: Zug : [Poststr. 14,] Inter Documentation Company
ISBN:
Category : Manuscripts, Oriental
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
Betrifft die Handschriften Codd. 350 (S. 458), 727, 731 (beide S. 283), 732 (S. 114), 733 (S. 283), 754, 763, 789 (alle drei S. 114), 790 (S. 89), 792 (S. 114), 811 (S. 458), 813 (S. 372), 820 (S. 89) und B 49 (S. 114) der Burgerbibliothek Bern.
A Catalogue Raisonnée [sic] of Oriental Manuscripts in the Library of the (late) College, Fort Saint George
Author: Government Oriental Manuscripts Library (Tamil Nadu, India)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manuscripts
Languages : en
Pages : 956
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manuscripts
Languages : en
Pages : 956
Book Description
Catalogue of oriental manuscripts, chiefly Persian, collected within the last five and thirty years by Duncan Forbes
Author: Duncan Forbes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manuscripts, Persian
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manuscripts, Persian
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
A Catalogue Raisonée of Oriental Manuscripts in the Library of the (late) College, Fort Saint George
Author: William Taylor (Orientalist.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 870
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 870
Book Description
A Catalogue Raisonnée of Oriental Manuscripts
Author: William Taylor
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382331357
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 746
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1857. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382331357
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 746
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1857. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Annual Report of the Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books
Author: British Library. Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Manuscripts, Politics and Oriental Studies
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004393145
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 461
Book Description
Manuscripts, Politics and Oriental Studies commemorates the life and works of Johann Gottfried Wetzstein (1815-1905) as a scholar and consul in Berlin and Damascus. It also illustrates contemporary developments in manuscript collecting and Oriental studies.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004393145
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 461
Book Description
Manuscripts, Politics and Oriental Studies commemorates the life and works of Johann Gottfried Wetzstein (1815-1905) as a scholar and consul in Berlin and Damascus. It also illustrates contemporary developments in manuscript collecting and Oriental studies.
Mackenzie Collection
Author: Horace Hayman Wilson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manuscripts
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manuscripts
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description