Max hawk
Christian Maximilian Habicht , also Max Habicht (born March 8, 1775 in Breslau , Lower Silesia , † October 25, 1839 ibid) was a German Arabist . He wrote a complete translation of the Arabic tales “A Thousand and One Nights ” based on Antoine Galland's translation , which he, together with Friedrich Heinrich von der Hagen and Karl Schall, completed and completely translated for the first time from a Tunisian manuscript (Breslau 1825).
Works
Thousand and one Night. Arabic stories. German by Max Habicht, Fr. H. von der Hagen and Carl Schall. Newly published by Karl Martin Schiller. Leipzig, FW Hendel, 1926. 12 volumes. 8vo. 323; 318; 313; 291; 318; 286; 317; 291; 285; 338; 254; 212 p., 1 sheet. With 11 illustr. Titles and 5 facsimile tablets, all based on Moritz von Schwind . (Edited new edition of the first complete German edition, which was first published in 1825. The present edition by Hendel essentially follows the 5th improved edition, Breslau 1840. With reproduction of the 15 cover illustrations by M. v. Schwind for the volumes of the original Edition, a detailed history of the translations and reproduction of the prefaces and comments from the original edition in vol. 12.)
Works online
- The stories of the 1001 nights from Tunisia, Dt. by Max Habicht u. a. - Copyright: Jürgen Kühnle
Name variants
Christianus M. Habicht, Maximilian Habicht, Max Habicht, Maximilianus Habicht, Christianus Maximilianus Habicht
literature
- Gustav Moritz Redslob: Habicht, Christian Maximilian . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 283 f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Max Habicht in the catalog of the SUB Göttingen
- Literature list in the online catalog of the Berlin State Library
See also
- The Ottoman is a branch of Oriental and refers to the science of the history and culture of the Ottoman Empire . It touches on the subjects of Islamic Studies , Turkic Studies, Arabic Studies, Iranian Studies , Byzantine Studies (including Judaic Studies ) and the history of Southeast Europe .
- List of well-known Arabists
- List of Islamic scholars and orientalists (en.wikipedia)
- Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft , magazine of the Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft (since 1847), Morgenland
- German Orient Society (strongly archaeological)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hawk, max |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Habicht, Christian Maximilian (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Arabist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 8, 1775 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw , Lower Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 25, 1839 |
| Place of death | Wroclaw , Lower Silesia |