Hierozoicon
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hierozoicon sive bipertitum opus de animalibus sacrae scripturae"the hierozoicon is still an inexhaustible treasure trove not only in zoological and historical terms, but also in literary terms" (carus, 'history of zoology', pare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikide animalibus in genere et de quadrupedibus viviparis et oviparis partbocart clearly understood not only german and english (and one presumes french and italian) but greek, latin, hebrew, arabic, persian, aramaic and ethiopian! the work represents an important step in western research into arabic scientific literature, albeit in the service of bible exegesisbochart () not only drew on biblical texts to write his zoological treatise on bible animals since he also integrated the writings of arab naturalists, such as al-damîrî and al-qazwini, none of whom work had not yet appeared in europe before this publication315) bochart considers each animal mentioned in scripture and explores its treatment by ancient greek, roman, arabic, and hebrew naturalistsexcerpts from damiri (hayát ul hayawan; cfpars posterior de avibus, serpentibus, insectis, aquaticis et fabulosis animalibusnumbered in columns (part one), [64 ffpars prior de animalibus in genere, et de quadrupedibus viviparis et oviparisthe two superb indexes each cover seven topics: i - index of sacred texts cited ii - authors cited iii- index of words in hebrew, chaldic, syriac, samaritan, ethiopian iv - index of arabic words v - index of greek words vi - index of other languages including those deemed barbarous vii - index of animals citedfor index and errata] [4 ffsome repair work on the vellum would be useful but the binding is solid, exceptionally so for such an old and heavy workde avibus, serpentibus, insectis, aquaticis, et fabulosis animalibusborn in rouen he was a pastor in caen, and also studied at oxford, where he was tutor to wentworth dillon, future earl of roscommoncomplete in large and very heavy folio, in two parts, opening with an elaborate dedication to charles ii: [48 ffbochart was a french protestant specialist in biblical exegesisour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeharting 204), qazwini, the qamus and various other arab works occupy a broad space" (fueck)bound in vellum (with tie holes) and cold pressed on both boardsbochart, pupil of erpenius, "collected all the news about the animals of the bible in the mighty tomean exceptionally scarce first edition of a spectacular bookcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabletext in latin, greek, arabic, hebrew, and other semitic languagesnumbered in 888 columns (part two), [56 ffindex and errata]please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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