[nascas] English translation of Ibn Abi Usaibia now online
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Roger Pearse
Dec 21, 2011, 9:44:08 AM12/21/11
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An unpublished English translation of the "History of Physicians" by
Ibn Abi Usaibia (d. 1207) is now online, in the appendix to my
collection of the Fathers of the Church.
http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/index.htm#Ibn_Abi_Usaibia
The translation was made in 1954 by Lothar Kopf under a US government
programme, and the original typescript is held in the US Library of
Medicine.
I've written a brief introduction to it, based mainly on the entry in
Brockelmann's GAL.
The translation is public domain; my transcription of it and
introduction are also public domain. Do whatever you wish with it,
personal, educational or commercial.
The whole collection of public domain translations of the Fathers is
here:
http://www.tertullian.org/fathers
A CDROM of the collection is available for sale for those wishing to
support the work of the site:
http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/all_the_fathers_on_cd.htm
Funds from sales go on commissioning translations of previously
untranslated works.
All the best,
Roger Pearse
Ibn Abi Usaibia (d. 1207) is now online, in the appendix to my
collection of the Fathers of the Church.
http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/index.htm#Ibn_Abi_Usaibia
The translation was made in 1954 by Lothar Kopf under a US government
programme, and the original typescript is held in the US Library of
Medicine.
I've written a brief introduction to it, based mainly on the entry in
Brockelmann's GAL.
The translation is public domain; my transcription of it and
introduction are also public domain. Do whatever you wish with it,
personal, educational or commercial.
The whole collection of public domain translations of the Fathers is
here:
http://www.tertullian.org/fathers
A CDROM of the collection is available for sale for those wishing to
support the work of the site:
http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/all_the_fathers_on_cd.htm
Funds from sales go on commissioning translations of previously
untranslated works.
All the best,
Roger Pearse
taka...@ask.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Dec 22, 2011, 1:20:34 AM12/22/11
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Dear Roger,
Thank you for this! - This translation of Ibn Abi Usaibi'a was
particularly timely, as I am having to translate a portion of this work
into Japanese at this very moment. - The deadline the publisher gave me
was actually today, which I don't think I'll be meeting.
And thank you also for all the useful material that you have on your
site, which is very much appreciated, I'm sure, by all.
Hidemi
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Samir Khalil Samir
Dec 23, 2011, 4:20:53 PM12/23/11
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Bien cher Roger,
Un grand merci pour le service formidable que vous aviez rendu à toute la communauté orientaliste en scannant cette version anglaise d'Ibn Abi Usaybi'ah.
En téléchargeant ce texte, j'ai découvert en même temps que vous avez mis à la disposition du monde beaucoup d'autres textes orientaux. Merci encore. Que Dieu vous le rende au centuple!
Je vous souhaite, à vous et à tous ceux qui vous sont chers, une sainte et joyeuse fête de Noël, et une année 2012 heureuse et féconde!
Fraternellement,
P. Samir
Un grand merci pour le service formidable que vous aviez rendu à toute la communauté orientaliste en scannant cette version anglaise d'Ibn Abi Usaybi'ah.
En téléchargeant ce texte, j'ai découvert en même temps que vous avez mis à la disposition du monde beaucoup d'autres textes orientaux. Merci encore. Que Dieu vous le rende au centuple!
Je vous souhaite, à vous et à tous ceux qui vous sont chers, une sainte et joyeuse fête de Noël, et une année 2012 heureuse et féconde!
Fraternellement,
P. Samir
P. Samir Khalil SAMIR, SJ
Pontificio Istituto Orientale
P.za S. Maria Maggiore 7
00185 ROMA (Italia)
Email : sami...@hotmail.com
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Roger Pearse
Dec 24, 2011, 2:04:28 PM12/24/11
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Dear Hidemi,
I'm delighted to help!
It's such an interesting text from so many points of view, and not
just to Orientalists. It's the only source for Aristotle's will, for
instance.
What astonishes me is that a translation was actually made, and paid
for, and was then forgotten. Weird.
All the best,
Roger Pearse
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I'm delighted to help!
It's such an interesting text from so many points of view, and not
just to Orientalists. It's the only source for Aristotle's will, for
instance.
What astonishes me is that a translation was actually made, and paid
for, and was then forgotten. Weird.
All the best,
Roger Pearse
On Dec 22, 6:20 am, <takaha...@ask.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp> wrote:
> Dear Roger,
>
> Thank you for this! - This translation of Ibn Abi Usaibi'a was
> particularly timely, as I am having to translate a portion of this work
> into Japanese at this very moment. - The deadline the publisher gave me
> was actually today, which I don't think I'll be meeting.
>
> And thank you also for all the useful material that you have on your
> site, which is very much appreciated, I'm sure, by all.
>
> Hidemi
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> 送信者: "Roger Pearse" <roger.pea...@gmail.com>
> Dear Roger,
>
> Thank you for this! - This translation of Ibn Abi Usaibi'a was
> particularly timely, as I am having to translate a portion of this work
> into Japanese at this very moment. - The deadline the publisher gave me
> was actually today, which I don't think I'll be meeting.
>
> And thank you also for all the useful material that you have on your
> site, which is very much appreciated, I'm sure, by all.
>
> Hidemi
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
>
> - Show quoted text -
Roger Pearse
Dec 24, 2011, 2:06:01 PM12/24/11
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Dear Fr Samir,
I am delighted to be able to help. There's not enough Oriental
material on the site, but that's because only a small amount of Arabic
Christian literature exists in out-of-copyright form. But I do what I
can!
Merry Christmas to you too!
Roger Pearse
On Dec 23, 9:20 pm, Samir Khalil Samir <samir...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Bien cher Roger,
>
> Un grand merci pour le service formidable que vous aviez rendu à toute la communauté orientaliste en scannant cette version anglaise d'Ibn Abi Usaybi'ah.
>
> En téléchargeant ce texte, j'ai découvert en même temps que vous avez mis à la disposition du monde beaucoup d'autres textes orientaux. Merci encore. Que Dieu vous le rende au centuple!
>
> Je vous souhaite, à vous et à tous ceux qui vous sont chers, une sainte et joyeuse fête de Noël, et une année 2012 heureuse et féconde!
>
> Fraternellement,
> P. Samir
>
> P. Samir Khalil SAMIR, SJ
> Pontificio Istituto Orientale
> P.za S. Maria Maggiore 7
> 00185 ROMA (Italia)
>
> Email : samir...@hotmail.com
I am delighted to be able to help. There's not enough Oriental
material on the site, but that's because only a small amount of Arabic
Christian literature exists in out-of-copyright form. But I do what I
can!
Merry Christmas to you too!
Roger Pearse
On Dec 23, 9:20 pm, Samir Khalil Samir <samir...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Bien cher Roger,
>
> Un grand merci pour le service formidable que vous aviez rendu à toute la communauté orientaliste en scannant cette version anglaise d'Ibn Abi Usaybi'ah.
>
> En téléchargeant ce texte, j'ai découvert en même temps que vous avez mis à la disposition du monde beaucoup d'autres textes orientaux. Merci encore. Que Dieu vous le rende au centuple!
>
> Je vous souhaite, à vous et à tous ceux qui vous sont chers, une sainte et joyeuse fête de Noël, et une année 2012 heureuse et féconde!
>
> Fraternellement,
> P. Samir
>
> P. Samir Khalil SAMIR, SJ
> Pontificio Istituto Orientale
> P.za S. Maria Maggiore 7
> 00185 ROMA (Italia)
>
>
>
>
> > Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 06:44:08 -0800
> > Subject: [nascas] English translation of Ibn Abi Usaibia now online
> > From: roger.pea...@gmail.com
>
>
> > Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 06:44:08 -0800
> > Subject: [nascas] English translation of Ibn Abi Usaibia now online
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