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 ...
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Lingvarvm duodecim characteribvs differentivm alphabetvm introdvctio and Lord’s prayer. Polyglot
Description:
Imperfect: leaf H2 (signed ’G’) misbound after H3.
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
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...
Description:
In Syriac and Armenian in Syriac script.
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