Notes on geography, Arabic literature, and the Old Testament, 1815 (Circa)
Scope and Contents
Autograph, and in two other hands. Includes: notes on ancient geography; notes on the Balkan geography of Muhammed ben Muhammed al-Sharif al-Idrisi, with page refs to unidentified MS.; notes on A. Schulten's edition of excerpts from the Hamasa of Abu Temmam, of the Fables of Lokman, and of certain 'Sententiae Arabicae' appended to Schulten's edition of T. Erpenius' Arabic Grammar (Leiden, 1767); rough notes on Old Testament exegesis. Probably compiled at Marburg while studying under A. J. Arnoldi.
Dates
- Creation: 1815 (Circa)
Creator
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Extent
1 volume(s) (1 volume paper) : paper
Language of Materials
English
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