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He had a special interest in Arabic [&#8230;] not only as an additional philological tool for interpreting the Old Testament but also because of its importance as a still living language and a means for direct access to the scientific writings of the Arabs\u2019 (Miletto, p.17). <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018Arabismus\u2019 is an Arabic grammar explained comparatively. It includes chapters on the Arabic script, verbs, nouns, adjectives, and numbers, and is followed by an Arabic-Latin dictionary, based on Germanus\u2019 \u2018Fabrica Linguae Arabicae\u2019 (1639) and al-Firuzabadi&#8217;s C14 \u2018Qamus\u2019. The copious annotations, produced by a knowledgeable scholar c.1680-90, are a treasure trove on early Arabic studies. The closest appears to be the hand of Adriaan Reland (1676-1718), the famous Dutch orientalist, professor at Utrecht. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Among the (Protestant) sources mentioned by the annotator are Edward Pococke\u2019s \u2018Oratio\u2019 in \u2018Carmen Tograi\u2019 (1661), Wasmuth\u2019s (1654) and Erpenius\u2019 grammars, Cappel\u2019s \u2018Arcanum punctuationis\u2019 (1624), but also the Arabic Gospels (Rome, 1590\/1). The first notes discuss Arabic script in relation to the Hebrew, with a focus on the original absence of dots on Arabic letters. The annotator added Wasmuth\u2019s subdivision of the \u2018awzaan\u2019 into three classes, and integrated a great number of examples (e.g., the use of \u2018fatha\u2019 in the negated future, diptote noun rules, plurals, a reference to a word used in the Tamimi dialect, etc.) from Erpenius\u2019 grammar, which he cross-referenced so frequently and carefully as to make it possible to identify the edition, that of 1656. The annotator even compared a section on the plurals of nouns with quadriliteral roots mentioning that Erpenius, Golius, Wasmuth, and Sennert himself used examples &#8216;not to the point\u2019, unlike E. Castell in \u2018Lexicon Heptaglotton\u2019 (1669) (p.48). He profusely annotated the chapter on apophonic vowel changes of ya, waw and alif, commenting on Wasmuth\u2019s explanation and Giggeius\u2019 in \u2018Thesaurus linguae arabicae\u2019 (1632). He had access to a very specialised library, including books not present at Wittenberg (as per Sennert\u2019s catalogue dated 1678), e.g., T. Hackspan\u2019s \u2018Fides et leges Mohammaedis\u2019 (1646) (of which he mentions p.27 \u2018if one adds the page numbers\u2019; indeed, the book\u2019s pages are unnumbered). <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIRST EDITION. 4to. pp. [8], 166. Arabic letter, with Roman, little Italic. Decorated initials and ornaments. General light browning. c1900 ink stamp of the Jesuit College of Jersey to title recto (faint) and verso, c1800 round ink stamp TH to title. 51 pages with ms annotations in Arabic and Latin in a cursive Germanic hand c.1670-80, a dozen extensively so, slightly trimmed to upper and outer margin but perfectly legible, two C20 paper slips with inked ms notes, one tipped-in, the other pasted to rear pastedown. 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