Most widely known today for his studies of Near Eastern languages Guillaume Postel was a pioneer in the study of Hebrew, Arabic, Syriac, and Aramaic in Western Europe. He was better known in his own time as a prophet, millennialist, and Utopiast. His writings deal largely with his effort to promote world peace, but he was condemned as a heretic for his belief that he was divinely inspired; he claimed, in fact, that he was the reincarnation of the Virgin of Venice. As a scholar he was instrumental in promoting the teaching of Arabic and Syriac, and participated in editing and publishing a number of early Christian works. His theories of language origin (he thought all languages were derived from Hebrew) are no longer considered valid, but his work in comparative linguistics earned him the reputation as the founder of that discipline.
Alternative Title:
Lingvarvm duodecim characteribvs differentivm alphabetvm introdvctio and Lord’s prayer. Polyglot
Description:
Imperfect: leaf H2 (signed ’G’) misbound after H3. and Originally intended to form part of a projected treatise De affinitate linguarum et Hebraicae excellentia.
Publisher:
Apud Dionysium Lescuier ...
Subject (Name):
Lord’s prayer. Polyglot
Subject (Topic):
Alphabets --Early works to 1800, Aramaic language --Early works to 1800, Armenian language --Early works to 1800, Grammar, Comparative and general --Early works to 1800, Language and languages --Grammars --Early works to 1800, Samaritan Aramaic language --Early works to 1800, and Syriac language --Early works to 1800
Various illustrations by Maria Sibylla Merian and others[?] employing alchemical symbols and icons.
Description:
Added t.p.; title within engraved border., Folded plate: Figura I measures 34 x 33 cm., Folded plate: Figura II measures 39 x 31 cm., Folded plate: Figura III measures 35 x 35 cm., Folded plate: Figura IV measures 35 x 39 cm., and Many of the tracts have special t.ps. dated 1677.
anno [et]c. M.cccccvij die vo. xv. mensis Martij [15 Mar. 1507]
Call Number:
Rosenthal 22
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Navis stultifera and Stultiferae naves
Description:
Almost every p. has ms. additions by a contemporary hand, mostly 4- to 6-line verses, as well as simpler notes. These ms. additions consist almost entirely of lines cited from Jacob Locher's Stultifera navis (his Latin translation of Brant's Narrenschiff, which first appeared in 1497). The handwriting shows great similarity to that of the Cistercian Abbot of Aldersbach, Wolfgang Mayer (1469-1544)., From the collection of Bernard M. Rosenthal. Monogram (ms.) of Otto Hupp, Munich, on front paste-down., Imprint from colophon., Signatures: a-s⁸/⁴., The fifth Latin ed., with the woodcuts ascribed to the Young Dürer and his companions., and The text is not a Latin translation of Brant's Narrenschiff, but is the Latin addendum to the Narrenschiff prepared by Josse Badius. It comprises Badius' condensed version of each chapter of Brant's text as well as Badius' commentary on each chapter.
Publisher:
P[er] Nicolau[m] Lamparter,
Subject (Name):
Hupp, Otto,--1859-1949--Ownership, Mayer, Wolfgang,--1469-1544--Ms. notes, and Rosenthal, Bernard M.--Ownership