André Du Ryer and Oriental Studies in Seventeenth-Century France

ISBN-13: 9780197144022 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 200 str.

Alastair Hamilton; Frances Richard

Opis

Andre Du Ryer was an important and influential seventeenth-century orientalist and diplomat. After reconstructing his diplomatic career, the authors assess Du Ryer's contribution to Turkish and Persian studies, his influential translation of the Quran, and his manuscript collection. He emerges as an important and influential figure whose significance has never previously been appreciated.
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Recenzje

...this monumental work should be read by anyone seriously interested in learning about aspects of Islam and the West in the seventeenth century, which are so vividly brought to life here.