Published on April 15, 1755 and written largely single-handedly by Samuel Johnson. Sometimes published as "Johnson's Dictionary." The first edition was published in two folio volumes; later editions were published in four volumes.
Description:
Three volume printer's proof with manuscript notes throughout.
Published on April 15, 1755 and written largely single-handedly by Samuel Johnson. Sometimes published as "Johnson's Dictionary." The first edition was published in two folio volumes; later editions were published in four volumes.
Description:
Four volume printer's proof with manuscript notes throughout.
Publisher:
Printed by W. Strahan, for J. and P. Knapton [etc.]
Published on April 15, 1755 and written largely single-handedly by Samuel Johnson. Sometimes published as "Johnson's Dictionary." The first edition was published in two folio volumes; later editions were published in four volumes.
Description:
Four volume printer's proof with manuscript notes throughout.
Publisher:
Printed by W. Strahan, for J. and P. Knapton [etc.]
Abraham Waters, fourth mate on the second voyage of the Columbia in 1791, sailed with Capt. Gray to the Northwest Coast of North America. and The "Vocabulary" was transcribed in 1828 from the original which Abraham Waters’s widow gave to Elbridge G. Howe.
Description:
Photostat
Subject (Topic):
Glossaries --United States and Indians of North America --Northwest Coast of North America --Languages
Harawī, Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf, active 16th century هروي، محمد بن يوسف، active 16th century
Published / Created:
1601.
Call Number:
Manuscript Arabic 2
Image Count:
502
Alternative Title:
Baḥr al-jawāhir, Jawāhir al-lughah fī lughat al-ṭibb, بحر الجواهر, and جواهر اللغة في لغات الطب
Description:
Manuscript., Arabic., No title page; title taken from fol. 2a., Author's name given on fol. 1b., "Tamma taḥrīruhu ʻalá yad ... Muhammad ibn Yūsuf al-Ṭabīb al-Harawī fī yawm al-tāsiʻ min Shawwāl sanat arbaʻ wa-ʻishrīn wa-tisʻimiʼah [14 October 1518] ... Waqaʻa al-farāgh min tanmīqihi ... fī yawm al-Arbiʻāʼ al-thāmin ʻashar min shahr Dhī al-Ḥijjah al-ḥarām sanat tisʻ wa-alf [20 June 1601] ...Muḥarriruh ... Amīn al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī al-Ṭabīb al-Kāshānī ... "--Colophon., Clear, medium size naskh (12 x 18.2 cm)., Alphabetical arrangement, lamenata in red. Light brown and glazed laid paper. Modern leather binding., Gift of Harvey Cushing., Title on fol. 1a: Jawāhir al-lughah fī lughat al-ṭibb (written in a different hand)., Caption title on fol. 1b in a different hand: Baḥr al-jawāhir lil-Imām al-Damīrī., Medical dictionary arranged alphabetically, covering anatomical and pathological terms and concepts, and medicinal substances., and Digital version available;
LSFR WC 18668: Poor condtion. Probably only the first of 2 physical vols. given by Joel Sumner Smith (the second, according to Sumner Smith's catalogue, was Aleksandrov's Complete Russian-English dictionary from 1885). and Pt. 2 is dated 1878.
Syriac-Armenian lexicon (pages 4-199), with the Armenian written in Syriac script, consists mainly of an alphabetical list of verbs in various forms. The lexicon is preceded by poems of Barhebraeus (pages 1-3), and followed by: 1. Poem on the "Life of Saint John", son of Euphemianus, of the city of Rome (pages 200-216). 2. "On the transit of the Mother of God Mary from the world" (folios 216-231). 3. "Syriac-Armenian glossary" of verbs in the imperative forms, conjugations of verbs, pronouns, etc. (pages 231-241). 4. Prayer of the solitary monks (yíḥídāyē) to each other (page 241). 5. Poems by Saint Ephrem: Commandments and admonitions for Christians (pages 242-286). 6. Prayers and miscellaneous statements in a different hand (285-286). The lexicon seems to have been written for the benefit of Syriac speakers within Armenian communities. Name of copyist and place and date of copying not mentioned probably from the 17th century
Description:
In Syriac and Armenian in Syriac script., Title supplied by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., The dictionary starts with: "Eštbíw. Talnúsān ...", The poems of Barhebraeus start with: "Qúm tāʼ aḥún kašrútā lak hā mṭāyibʼnā ...", 1. Poem on the "Life of Saint John", son of Euphemianus starts with: "Kātbínan tašʻítā d-Māry Yúḥanān bar ʼÚpímyanús d-men Rúmí Mdíntā b-níšā d-Māry Aprém Súryāyā ...", 2. On the transit of the Mother of God Mary from the world starts with: "Túb seprā da-štā ʻal šúnāyeh d-Yaldat Alāhā Maryam d-men ʻalmā hānā ṣlútah ʻaman. Āmín ...", 4. Prayer of the solitary monks (yíḥídāyē) to each other start with: "Ṣlútā d-nemrún yíḥíyāyē la-ḥdādē: Alāhā d-barek la-Šlíḥāwhy qadíšē mbarek lak ...", 5. Poems by Saint Ephrem start with: "Ḥúr b-Alāhā ḥabíbay d-madnaḥ šmšeh ʻal bíšē ...", Prayers and miscellaneous statements in a different hand start with: "Ematy d-qāymat b-ṣaprā men šentā pšúṭ ʼīdayk la-šmāyā ú-sím tlātā búrkē l-apay madnḥā ú-ʼemar ..., 10.5 x 15.5 cm; written surface varies ; lines per page vary., Binding: In wooden cover., In clear West Syriac script, in black ink on cream color paper, markings in red., Inside the front cover: An erased note (four lines)., On page 285: An erased note (one lines): "Šlem ktābā ..." (The book is completed ...)., and Many of the pages in the latter half of the manuscript include marginal glosses giving the Armenian renderings of words occuring in the Syriac text.
Subject (Name):
Ephraem, Syrus, Saint, 303-373. and Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Subject (Topic):
Assumption, Syriac language, Armenian, Armenian language, Syriac, Monks, Prayers and devotions, and Syriac poetry