Top of page

Book/Printed Material The Book of Natures.

About this Item

Title

  • The Book of Natures.

Summary

  • Joseph Simon Assemani (1687--1768), known for his catalogs of Oriental manuscripts at the Vatican and his encyclopedic work on Syriac (and Christian Arabic) literature, Bibliotheca Orientalis, is, in the words of the great German Orientalist Georg Graf, "for all time the pride of the Maronite nation." This volume contains, in Garshuni (Arabic language written in Syriac letters), a manuscript of Assemani's philosophical work entitled The Book of Natures (Kitāb al-Ṭabī'īyāt), divided into 30 sections (maqālāt). The work is numbered as pages (not folios), but only the odd numbers are written. This copy of the book was made by a monk named Yuwāṣaf (Joasaph, 1690--1737) of the village of Baskinta in Lebanon, attached to the Monastery of Saints Peter and Marcellinus in Rome.

Names

  • Assemani, Giuseppe Simone, 1687-1768 Author.
  • Yuwāṣaf from Baskinta, 1690-1737 Scribe.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1733.

Headings

  • -  Lebanon--Al-Biqāʻ--Baʻlabakk
  • -  1687 to 1733

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 527 pages, 21.7 x 16.1 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Holy Spirit University of Kaslik.
  • -  Content in Arabic and Syriac.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Lebanese Maronite Order

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667652

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

The Library of Congress is unaware of any copyright or other restrictions in the World Digital Library Collection. Absent any such restrictions, these materials are free to use and reuse. Researchers are encouraged to review the source information attached to each item. For information on contacting WDL partner organizations, see this archived list of partners

The Library asks that researchers approach the materials in this collection with respect for the culture and sensibilities of the people whose lives, ideas, and creativity are documented here.

Credit Line: [Original Source citation], World Digital Library

More about Copyright and other Restrictions

For additional information and contact information for many of the partner organizations, see this archived capture of the World Digital Library site from 2021.

For guidance about compiling full citations consult Citing Primary Sources.

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Assemani, Giuseppe Simone, Author, and Scribe Yuwāṣaf From Baskinta. The Book of Natures. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1733] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667652/.

APA citation style:

Assemani, G. S. & Yuwāṣaf From Baskinta, S. (1733) The Book of Natures. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667652/.

MLA citation style:

Assemani, Giuseppe Simone, Author, and Scribe Yuwāṣaf From Baskinta. The Book of Natures. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1733] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667652/>.