Sunday, June 2, 2013

A List of References to the Alleged Translation of Livy into Arabic

Dimitry Morozov, a colleague in Russia, just provided me with many references to the alleged translation of Livy into Arabic. I am not sure they are accurate, nevertheless they may be of some help:
  1. Antoine de la Faye. 1540-1615. [Preface to his translation of Livy]. – [a reference to a MS in La Goulette]. 
  2. Erpenius Th. Orationes tres de linguarum ebreae et arabicae dignitate. Leidae, 1621. Oratio 2. [1620]. 
  3. Pietro della Valle. Itinerar. Part.1. Epist.9. Matthiae Wasmuth Holsati Grammatica Arabica, singulari facilitate, tamque succincte et perspicue praecaepta linguae complexa, ut … Amstelodami, 1654: “… ceu Titi Livii Libri deperdidi, quorum Jacturam totus dolet orbis Latinus, Pappi Alexandrini Libri Mathematici…” 
  4. Abraham Ecchellensis. 1605-1664. Epit. de semitæ sapientiæ. – [a reference to a MS in the Escorial ! ]. 
  5. Fabricius Jo.Albert. 1668-1736. Bibliotheca Latina sive notitia auctorum veterum Latinorum. T.1. Venetiis, 1728. P.208; ??? P.196-. 
  6. Bernard de la Monnoye [Bernhardus Monetarius]. Epistola de libro de tribus Impostoribus. // Menagiana ou Les bons mots et remarques critiques, historiques, morales & d’érudition. T.4. A Paris, 1729. P.297. 
  7. Russian State Archives of Ancient Documents, Moscow. Fund 191 (G.J.Kehr) №11. f. 92 v.: “inter quos Titi Livij opera, Pappi quosdam libros Mathemathicos...” 
  8. Savary [C.E.]. Lettres sur l’Egypte. Amsterdam, 1787. Lettre 29. P.234. Paris, 1798/VII. P.290: “… Le savant qui réussiroit danc ce voyage, don’t les peines ler perile sont innomrables… Il procureroit à … peut-étre auroit-il le bonheur de rendre à Tacite, à Tite Live, a Diodore de Sicile le complément de leurs ouvrages immortels, car ils ont été traduits par les Arabes”. 
  9. Seybold C. F. Der gelehrte Syrer Carolus Dadichi († 1734 in London), Nachfolger Salomo Negri’s († 1729). // Zeitschrift der Deutschen morgenlandischen Gesellschaft. Bd. 64. Leipzig, 1910. S. 597-599. 
  10.  Freller, Thomas. The Abate Vella and the Lost Books of Livy. An elaborate fairy-tale? // Treasures of Malta. IV. 3. Summer 1998. 59-63.
There must be even more as he wasn't even aware of Nicolas LeFevre.  


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