Simone Assemani
Simone Assemani (born February 19, 1752 in Rome , Papal States , † April 7, 1821 in Padua ) was an Italian orientalist .
Life
Simone Assemani, from the Maronite family Assemani and a great-nephew of the orientalist Giuseppe Simone Assemani , worked as a missionary in Syria for twelve years before studying languages in Rome . In 1785 he became professor of oriental languages in Padua.
Assemani was one of the greatest orientalists of his time and made a special contribution to oriental numismatics .
Publications (selection)
- Museo Cufico Naniano. 2 volumes. Stamperia del Seminario, Padua 1787–1788 ( digitized volume 1 , volume 2 ).
- Sopra le monete arabe efeigiate dissertazione. Nicolò Zanon Bettoni, Padua 1809.
- Spiegazione di due rarissime medaglie cufiche della famiglia degli Ommiadi appartenenti al Museo Majnoni in Milano. Dalla Tipografia de 'costumi antichi e moderni del dottore Giulio Ferrario, Milan 1818 ( digitized ).
- Oriental studies
- Saggio sull 'origine culto letteratura e costumi degli Arabi avanti il pseudoprofeta Maometto. Stamperia del Seminario, Padua 1787 ( digitized ).
- Catalogo de 'codici manoscritti orientali della Bibliotheca Naniana. 2 volumes. Stamperia del Seminario, Padua 1787–1792 ( digitized volume 1 ).
- Globus caelestis Cufico-Arabicus Veliterni Musei Borgiani. Typis Seminarii, Padua 1790 ( digitized ).
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Assemani, Simon . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 1st part. University book printer L. C. Zamarski (formerly JP Sollinger), Vienna 1856, p. 79 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Assemani Simone. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1957, p. 33.
- Giorgio Levi Della Vita : Assemani, Simone. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 4: Arconati-Bacaredda. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1962.
- Anna Contadini: Simone Assemani, professore di lingue orientali a Padova. In: Aldo Gallotta, Ugo Marazzi (eds.), La Conoscenza dell'Asia e dell'Africa in Italia nei secoli XVIII e XIX (= Collana Matteo Ripa. Vol. 8, 1, ZDB -ID 1481882-6 ). Volume 3, 1. Istituto Universitario Orientale, Naples 1989, pp. 209–245.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Assemani, Simone |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Assemani, Simon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Maronite orientalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 19, 1752 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 7, 1821 |
| Place of death | Padua |