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Erpenius Grammataica Arabica dicta gjarumia Leiden 1617

Erpenius, Thomas.

Arabic language 1617 | Grammatica Arabica dicta Gjarumia. / With Latin translation and annotated by T. Erpenius, Leidae, ex typ. Erpeniana 1617, (8)+157+(2) pp. Text in Arabic and Latin. With manuscript notes.

Name: Arabic language 1617 | Grammatica Arabica dicta Gjarumia. / With Latin translation and annotated by T. Erpenius, Leidae, ex typ. Erpeniana 1617, (8)+157+(2) pp. Text in Arabic and Latin. With manuscript notes.
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Edition of two Arabic grammatical treatises: 1. The Ajurrumiya or Gjarumia, compiled by Muhammad bin Muhammad al-Sanhaji, a classic introduction to phonology. This is the first vocalized edition. 2. The Hundred Rules of Syntax or Mi’at’al-amil by Abd a’-Quahir al-Jurjani.

Works by Thomas Erpenius (1584-1624), the first professor Arabic in Leiden University. His commentary in Latin on the Ajurrumiyah, a highly influential medieval Arabic grammar by Moroccan scholar Ibn Ajurrum (died 1327), and the Mi’at ‘amil (“hundred rules) of Abd al-Qadir al-Jurjani (died 1078).

The Ajurrumiyah is “the most widely used primer in the whole history of Arabic Grammar” and inspired countless epitomes and commentaries, of which Erpenius’s edition was especially important: the first edition, published at Rome in 1592, was printed entirely in Arabic so “was by no means easily accessible to European scholars unfamiliar with Arabic linguistic terminology” (Vrolijk & van Leeuwen, Arabic Studies in the Netherlands, p. 32).

Full vellum contemporary softcover binding with many damages and smudges due to intensive use. With many manuscript notes in brown ink on the flyleaf, also about the author Erpenius. Woodcut titlepage, with manuscript notes on the margins.

[NL] Thomas Erpenius, student van Scaliger met veel contacten in Cambridge, Parijs ed. In 1613 benoemd tot eerste hoogleraar Arabisch in Leiden, met een eigen drukkerij gespecialiseerd in Oriëntaalse talen. Tevens auteur van de eerste wetenschappelijke Arabische grammatica in Europa “Grammatica Araba 1613”. Grammatica Arabica dicta Gjarumia, ed. Thomas Erpenius in Leiden 1617, is een hoogst waardevolle vroege Europese uitgave van de klassieke Arabische grammatica Al-‘Ağurrūmiyya, met Latijnse vertaling en noten. In eigen beheer uitgegeven. Schnurrer 49; Smitskamp, PO, 68c.

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