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
Jighmīnī, Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad, d. 1221? Mulakhkhaṣ fī al-hayʾah Qāḍīʹzādah, Mūsá ibn Muḥammad, d. ca. 1436
Call Number:
Arabic MSS 436
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Commentary on al-Mulakhkhaṣ fī al-hayʾah (handbook of astronomy) of Maḥmūd al-Jighmīnī. and Incomplete at end.
Description:
End of leaf 50 corresponds to leaf 162 recto (numbered 166) of Ms. Landberg 361; probably only one leaf is missing., Fairly old (16th century?) hasty nastaʻlīq, almost entirely unpointed., In manuscript on fly-leaf: "Comprado en el Cairo 27/12/28. T[eodoro] B[ecu]." With Becu's bookplate., Islamic binding, in brown., No. 1 of 2 items bound together., Purchased from V.G. Simkhovitch in January 1955., With copious diagrams, some with background-pictures representing the constellations in the form of human and animal figures., and With: 1 other title.
Subject (Name):
Becu, Teodoro,--1890-1946--Autograph, Becu, Teodoro,--1890-1946--Bookplate, and Jighmīnī, Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad,--d. 1221?--Mulakhkhaṣ fī al-hayʾah
Subject (Topic):
Islamic binding and Natural and social sciences--Astronomy and astrology