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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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A Relation of a Journey begun An: Dom: 1610…Containing a Description of the Turkish Empire, of Ægypt, of the Holy Land
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George Sandys
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1615
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De Beer Ec 1615 S
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Books
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Printed for W. Barrett
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This early 17th century engraved map contains much of what is now the Middle East (Arabic: الشرق الأوسط ash-Sharq al-Awsaṭ). The population of the region today is about 371 million (2010), with the largest ethnic groups being Arabs, Turks, Persians, and Kurds. Five languages dominate: Arabic (most widely spoken), Persian, Turkish, Kurdish, and Hebrew. Several major religions have their origin here: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam; others include the Bahá'í Faith, Yarsanism, Yazidism, and Zoroastrianism. With all its social, political, economic, ideological, historical and religious factors, it remains one of the most complex regions in the world. This is the first edition of George Sandys’ <em>A Relation of a Journey</em> (1615), a very popular account of the places he visited in the Middle East.
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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Sinai and Palestine. 5th edition
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Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
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1860
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Special Collections DS107 S787 1860
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Books
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London: John Murray
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This colourful profile of elevations in Arthur P. Stanley’s <em>Sinai and Palestine</em> (1856) stretches from the African desert and the River Nile to Damascus, Syria. Two high peaks are shown: Mount Hermon (جبل الشيخ or جبل حرمون / Jabal al-Shaykh or Jabal Haramun; Hebrew: Har Hermon), which is at 2,814 m (9,232 ft) above sea level, the highest point in Syria; and Mount Sinai (طُور سِينَاء, Jabal Mūsā, lit. ‘Moses’ Mountain’ or ‘Mount Moses’; Hebrew: הַר סִינַי, Har Sinai), which is at 2,285 m (7,497 ft). The highest peak in the Middle East is Iran’s Mount Damavand, at 5,610 m (18,406 ft) above sea level. Stanley (1815–1881) travelled to Egypt, Arabia and Syria in 1852. This very popular work was the end-result. It also contains an appendix of Hebrew topographical words.
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia
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David Roberts
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1856
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Special Collections DS107 RM28
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Books
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London: Day & Son
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The Scottish painter David Roberts (1796-1864) set sail for Egypt on 31st August 1838, and travelled through to Nubia, the Sinai, the Holy Land, Jordan and Lebanon. He sketched drawings and paintings <em>in situ</em>, which were later reproduced lithographically by the Belgian-born Louis Haghe. Some 247 views and two maps make up the six volumes of this monumental work, which has been described as ‘one of the most important and elaborate ventures of nineteenth-century publishing.’ (Abbey, 1970). Roberts visited the pyramids at Giza, sailed up the Nile, sketched street scenes in Cairo, visited tombs and sites at Philae, Karnak, Luxor, and Dendra, and drew interior views of mosques. He was one of the few Europeans to do so.
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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The Qur’an
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c. 1846
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Shoults MS. 11
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Manuscripts
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Unpublished
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The <em>Qur’an</em> (<em>Koran</em>) is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims believe to be a revelation from God (<em>Allah</em>). It contains laws, commandments, and codes for social and moral behaviour. These were mainly revealed to the Prophet Muhammed in the towns of Mecca and Medina over a twenty-three-year period, beginning around 610 and ending with Muhammed’s death in 632 CE. The Arabic text is divided into 114 chapters (<em>surah</em>), which are then divided into verses. This <em>Qur’an</em> on display is a very unusual manuscript. Called by one scholar a ‘Baptized Qur’an’, it contains Christian crosses inside a number of the ornaments that resemble flowers. It once belonged to the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887), whose collection is now housed here in Special Collections.
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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Relation Nouvelle d'un Voyage de Constantinople
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[Guillaume-Joseph Grelot]
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1680
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Shoults Fb 1680 G
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Books
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Paris: Damien Foucault
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At its peak, in the Middle Ages, Constantinople (Istanbul) was the richest and largest city in Europe. Its strategic position between trade routes also formed a significant religious divide between Christianity (the West) and Islam (the East). Although named Istanbul (derived from the Greek ‘στην Πόλη’, meaning ‘in the city’ or ‘to the city’) after the Ottomans took possession in 1453, the French traveller and artist Guillaume-Joseph Grelot persisted with the older name. This first edition account of his travels to Constantinople in 1680 is replete with illustrations, leading one scholar – Michèle Longino – to term it a ‘coffee-table book’. Perhaps the first. The engraving of the city, named after the Roman emperor Constantine I, is but one outstanding image of many within the book.
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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A Residence at Constantinople, During a Period including the Commencement, Progress, and Termination of the Greek and Turkish Revolutions. Vol. II
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Rev. R. Walsh
Date
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1836
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Shoults Eb 1836 W
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Books
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London: Frederick Westley and A.H. Davis
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In 1820, the Rev. Robert Walsh (1772-1852) was chaplain to the British consulate in Constantinople. While there, he visited Halki (Chalce or Chalki), an island 6km west of Rhodes, and the imposing tomb of Sir Edward Barton, the first ambassador to Constantinople.
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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The Present State of Turkey. 2nd edition. Vol. I
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Thomas Thornton
Date
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1809
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Shoults Eb 1809 T
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Books
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London: Printed for Joseph Mawman
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The Levant Company merchant Thomas Thornton (1762–1814) arrived in Constantinople in 1793, and lived there for 14 years. In his <em>Present State of Turkey</em>, he wrote favourably of the Turks and their architecture, such as the Great Ottoman mosques. The work established his reputation as an authority in the area. In the 20th century, events such as World War I and the Greco-Turkish War ended what was the Ottoman Empire. The 1923 Treaty of Lausanne formally established the Republic of Turkey, which moved its capital to Ankara.
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Abstract
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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Institutiones Linguae Turcicae, cum Rudimentis Parallelis Linguarum Arabicae & Persicae. Vol. I
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Franciszek Meninski
Date
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1756
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Shoults Gb 1756 M
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Books
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[Vienna]: ex typographeo Orientali Schilgiano
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The dominant language of the Ottoman Empire (c.1299-1922) was Ottoman Turkish, a mixture of Turkish, Persian and Arabic. Language reform began after the establishment of Turkey, which focussed on using only authentic Turkish words. One who documented early Modern Turkish was Franciscus à Mesgnien Meninski (1623-1698). He first published his <em>Institutiones Linguae Turcicae</em>, a Turkish-to-Latin dictionary and grammar, in 1680. It was ground-breaking in its comprehensiveness; the first on Turkish grammar. Modern-day language historians and linguists still find this publication a valuable reference work for the Turkish language of the early modern period. This copy is the second, enlarged edition, printed in Vienna in 1756.
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Abstract
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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The History of the Present State of the Ottoman Empire. 5th edition
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Paul Ricaut [Rycaut]
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1682
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Shoults Eb 1682 R
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Books
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London: Printed by T.N. for John Starkey
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Sir Paul Rycaut’s <em>The Present State of the Ottoman Empire</em> was the first comprehensive description of the area, written in English. Importantly, it was based on Rycaut’s long residence in Constantinople and Smyrna, which began in 1661. Rycaut (1629-1700) played close attention to politics and customs, and learnt Turkish. Indeed, this work is of linguistic importance because of the words he introduced in the text. This is the fifth edition; the first edition being scarce because most copies were destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666.
Middle East
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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A Grammar of the Turkish Language
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Arthur Lumley Davids
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1832
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Shoults Ec 1832 D
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Books
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London: Sold by Parbury & Allen, and John Taylor
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At a very early age, Arthur Lumley Davids (1811-1832) learnt oriental languages such as Hebrew, Arabic and Persian, and European languages such as Greek, Latin, French, Italian and German. He particularly liked Turkish. His <em>Grammar of the Turkish Language</em> (<em>Kitāb al-ʿilm al-Nāfiʿ fī taḥṣīl Ṣarf wa Naḥw Turkī</em>; 1832) was dedicated to Mahmud II, the Sultan of Turkey. Davids managed to enjoy the fruits of authorship; he died aged 21, three weeks after the book was published. It was a seminal work, one of the first to cover the topic in Europe since the early 18th century. The terms for ‘Arts, Trades, and Professions’ make interesting reading.
Middle East
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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Title
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A Commentary on the Preface to the Gulistān by Saʿdī’
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Maḥmūd ibn Osmān ibn ʿAlī al-Lāmiʿī
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c. 1790
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Shoults MS. 08
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Manuscript
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Unpublished
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This mid-18th century manuscript contains a commentary on the Preface (<em>dībācheh</em>) to the <em>Gulistān</em> (<em>The Rose Garden</em>), an important prose piece by Saʿdī Shīrāzī (d. c. 1292), a major Persian poet of the medieval period. Although there is some doubt about author attribution, the stamped seal of Sayyid Muḥammad (Mehmet) bin Ḥāfiẓ Osmān is present, dating the manuscript copy to 1178 AH (1764 AD). While the script of the commentary is in Ottoman Turkish, the text is replete with references to Persian poets and thinkers such as Ḥāfiẓ Shīrāzī (d. c. 1390 AD); Firdowsī (d. c. 1025 AD); Kamāl Khujandī (d. c. 1401 AD); and Nāṣir Khusraw (d. c.1088 AD). This manuscript once belonged to the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887).
Middle East
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Title
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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Title
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Hashish
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Henry de Monfried
Date
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1946
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Special Collections DT39 M582 1946
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Books
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Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin
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Suez City (top of map), in the northeast of Egypt, has been inhabited since at least the 7th century AD. Today, it has a population of 500,000 and sits at the southern end of the Suez Canal, named for the isthmus through which it was constructed. The Canal, built from 1859 to 1869, connects the Mediterranean to the Red Sea and obviates the need to sail the treacherous seas around the bottom of Africa. This map illustrates French author, smuggler, and adventurer, Henry de Monfried’s work <em>Hashish</em> – one of 70 works written by the opium addict and Islamic convert. De Monfried (1879-1974) bought a consignment of hashish in Greece and transported it to Egypt via Somalia, the Suez Canal, and a band of Bedouin nomads.
Middle East
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Title
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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The Holy Cities of Arabia
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Eldon Rutter
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1930
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Brasch DS207 RZ35 1930
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Books
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London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons
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Mecca lies near the western coast, halfway down the Arabian Peninsula. The city is the birthplace of Muḥammad (570 AD) and where the prophet received the revelations of the <em>Qur’an</em>; it is the most holy site for the Islamic faith. Within the Grand Mosque of Mecca lies the Kaaba (pictured here). All Muslims, who are able, are expected to embark on a pilgrimage, or <em>Hajj</em>, there at least once in their lifetime. In 1925, Eldon Rutter (b. 1894), a British Islamic convert, posed as a Syrian merchant to make his journey to Mecca and his way into the cloth-draped Kaaba itself. Rutter’s recollections of his journey from Egypt to the holy city inform his book, <em>The Holy Cities of Arabia</em>, a veritable ‘treasure house of descriptive writing, social anthropology, Islamic history and scholarship’ (Shipman, 2016).
Middle East
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Title
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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History of Baalbek
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Michel M. Alouf
Date
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1941
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Special Collections DS89 AE77 1941
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Books
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Beirut: American Press
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Lebanon is a small Middle Eastern country, encompassing about 10,000 km square. After gaining independence from the French in 1943, Lebanon suffered a fifteen-year civil war from 1975. Baalbek, at the foot of the Anti-Lebanon mountain range near the border with Syria, has been inhabited for thousands of years. What started as a small village associated with a temple to the sun god Hadad or Baal, became the magnificent Roman city, Heliopolis. Several Roman emperors initiated enormous building projects there. Some of these still stand today like the Temple of Bacchus, pictured here. Commissioned by Emperor Antoninus Pius (86-161 AD), the Temple is one of best preserved, with 19 of its 42 original Corinthian columns still standing. The ruins at Baalbek are a World Heritage site.
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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A Relation of a Journey begun An: Dom: 1610…Containing a Description of the Turkish Empire, of Ægypt, of the Holy Land. 3rd edition
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George Sandys
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1632
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De Beer Ec 1632 S
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Books
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London: Printed for [Robert] Allot
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In 1610, faced with claims of estate mismanagement and a bad marriage, George Sandys (1578–1644) decided that overseas travel was his best way out. He travelled to France, Italy, and then on to Turkey, Egypt, and Palestine. While in the Middle East he rode camels; survived attacks from desert Arabs; described religious services in Jerusalem and pigeon postal services between Aleppo and Babylon; and was one of the first Englishmen to mention coffee. Sandys was an observant traveller, and his account, enhanced by numerous engravings, was exceedingly popular. Indeed, it is regarded as one of the first important travel accounts to the East in English. Here is his description of the pyramids at Giza, the ‘chiefe of the worlds feuen [seven] wonders’. This is the third edition.
Middle East
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Abstract
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia
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David Roberts
Date
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1856
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Special Collections DS107 RM28
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Books
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London: Day & Son
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This coloured image of the Sphinx and the pyramids at Giza is from sketches by the Scottish artist David Roberts (1796-1864). Roberts realized a boyhood dream when he left for the ‘remote East’ in 1838. During 18 months of travel, he sketched monuments, landscapes, and people. The results – his drawings combined with the lithographic process – are simply stunning. Indeed, there was no other 19th century publication like it. Constructed between 2589 and 2543 BC, the pyramids (Khufu (Cheops); Khafre; and Menkaure) continue to be major destinations for tourists travelling to Egypt. The Great Sphinx of Giza (Arabic: أبو الهول Abū al-Hawl, English: The Terrifying One; literally: Father of Dread), continues to guard the valley temple.
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Abstract
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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A Short History of the Middle East: From the Rise of Islam to Modern Times
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George E. Kirk
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1948
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Brasch DS62 KK8
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Books
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London: Methuen & Co.
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This map provides a basic guide to the economies of the countries of the Middle East in the mid-20th century. At that time, dates and cotton led the economy in Egypt. Today, the Egyptian economy is based around agriculture, natural oil and gas recovery, and tourism with almost 15 million people visiting each year. The country still produces the most dates of any worldwide and has a reputation for producing the best cotton in the world – an industry that was developed in the early 19th century by French entrepreneur, Monsieur Jumel, and the then Ottoman ruler of Egypt, Muhammed Ali. Note the map is pre-Suez Canal construction, a structure that now provides Egypt with five billion dollars of revenue per year.
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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Abdollatiphi Historiae Aegypti Compendium, Arabice et Latine
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Muwaffaq al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-Baghdādī
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1800
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Shoults Ec 1800 A
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Books
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[Oxford: J. Cooke, Hanwell, & Parker]
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In 1189, physician and polymath, ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-Baghdādī (1162-1231) left his hometown of Baghdad and for the rest of his life he travelled throughout the Middle East. His visit to Egypt in 1200 culminated in this treatise on Egypt. It is one of many he wrote in his lifetime on a range of subjects including medicine, philosophy, law, and grammar. Translated into Latin in the 18th century, al- Baghdādī describes Egypt as ‘<em>ea vallis, quam ambient montes bini, orientalis et occidentalis</em>’– ‘in a valley between two mountain ranges’. The author described in detail the many ancient Egyptian monuments like the Pyramids at Giza and wrote of the incredible engineering and technical skills of the Egyptians.
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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Handbook of Spoken Egyptian Arabic: Comprising a Short Grammar and an English Arabic Vocabulary of Current Words and Phrases
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J. Selden Willmore
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1927
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Brasch PJ6779 WQ58 1927
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Books
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London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co.
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Before the Arab Conquest in the 7th century, the peoples of Egypt spoke the Coptic form of Greek or Egyptian. They soon adopted the Arabic language, which became Egyptian Arabic or Masri. In late 1932, Dunedin’s own Charles Brasch (1909-73) set out on a three-year archaeological expedition to the ancient Egyptian city of Tell el Amarna. He was to accompany his friend, papyrologist Colin Roberts, and the trip necessitated learning Egyptian Arabic. Brasch loved the language and described it in his memoirs as a ‘language organized with beautiful economy and concentration…’ Today, Egyptian Arabic is spoken by over eighty million people worldwide. Here is Brasch’s Egyptian Arabic <em>Handbook</em>, with notes in his neat, compact script.
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Title
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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Elements. Books 1-3
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Euclid
Date
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c. 1800
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De Beer MS. 08
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Manuscript
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Unpublished
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In the 8th and 9th centuries, there was an intellectual awakening in the Orient, much of it centred around Bayt Al-Hikmah (The House of Wisdom) in Baghdad, which attracted scholars from all over the world. Tasks undertaken at the centre included the translation of major works of the Greeks, Indians, and Persians. Among the Greek works was Euclid’s <em>Elements of Geometry</em>, which is considered as one of the most successful and influential textbooks ever written. This is a battered Arabic manuscript in naskh script of chapters 1 to 3 of Euclid’s work, beginning in the middle of definition ten. It is an Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn-Thābit ibn Qurra version, the most influential of Arabic translations. Euclid – the ‘father of geometry’ – first became known in Europe through Latin translations of these versions. The age of the manuscript is probably much later than given date of c.1800.
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Title
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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Rudimenta Linguae Arabicae
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Thomas Erpenius
Date
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1628
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Shoults Lb 1628 E
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Books
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[Leiden: Bonaventure & Abraham Elsevir]
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In the 16th and 17th centuries, Leiden was a thriving centre of Arabic studies. Scholars resident there included Joseph Scaliger (1540-1609); Franciscus Raphelengius (1539-1597); Jacob Golius (1596-1667); and Thomas van Erpe (known as Erpenius; 1584 -1624), the first European to publish an accurate book of Arabic grammar, <em>Grammatica Arabica</em> (1613). It contained the first Arabic typeface, designed by Raphelengius. Printers Bonaventure and Abraham Elzevir acquired the oriental (Syrian, Arab, Aramaic and Hebrew) fonts that once belonged to Erpenius. They printed this later edition of Erpenius’ <em>Rudimenta Linguae Arabicae</em>, which first appeared in 1620. This edition contains both Latin and Arabic, and where incomplete, a diligent person has written out the entire text by hand. There are numerous marginal notes throughout.
Middle East
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Title
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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The Holy Bible
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___
Date
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1811
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Shoults Ec 1811 B
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Books
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Sarah Hodgson: Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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The first English printed book to contain Arabic was Wynkyn de Worde’s printing of Robert Wakefield’s<em> Oratio de Laudibus</em> in 1524. The cursive nature of Arabic script and the large number of characters needed to complete the font presented a vast number of complexities. In fact, in some instances books were printed with spaces left to write the Arabic in by hand. This edition of the Bible, the work of Arabic scholars J. D. Carlyle (1759-1805) and Henry Ford, is significant not only because of the work that it entailed, but because it was completed by Sarah Hodgson, a female printer living in Newcastle upon Tyne. It was sponsored by the British and Foreign Bible Society for distribution into the Middle East.
Middle East
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Title
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
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16th March, 2018
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Abstract
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‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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The Arabs
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H.A.R. Gibb
Date
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1940
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Brasch DS39 GD94
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Books
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Oxford: The Clarendon Press
Abstract
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As Orientalist historian, Hamilton Gibb (1895-1971) says in the first page of his pamphlet, <em>The Arabs</em>, ‘[they] are a people clustered round an historical memory’. There is no definite delineated Arab territory, but parts of the African continent, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, and Palestine are part of the ‘Arab World’, an area of 13.6 million square kilometres. United by their language, Arabic, and their religion, Islam, Arabs began to populate various countries in the Middle East after Muhammed’s death in the 7th century. Arabs are townspeople and nomads, Sunni and Shi’ite, Asian and African. Today in the world, there are around 420 million people who identify as Arabian.
Middle East
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Title
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
Creator
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
16th March, 2018
Contributor
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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Dalāʾil al-Khayrāt wa Shawāriq al-Anwār fī Dhikr al-Ṣalāt ʿAlā al-Nabī al-Mukhtār or ‘The Guide Book of Blessings and Enlightenment [that comes from] Invoking the Chosen Prophet in Prayer’
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Muhammad ibn Sulaymān al-Jazūlī
Date
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c. 1804/05
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Shoults MS. 12
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Manuscripts
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Unpublished
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While Europe was experiencing its supposed ‘Dark Ages’, the Arab World was going through a time of great learning and scholarship – its ‘Golden Age’. It began with the dissemination of the Islamic religion and culture throughout the Middle East in the 8th century. Many ancient works in Greek, Persian, Chinese, Indian, and Phoenician were translated into Arabic. This ‘Golden Age’ petered out with the invasion of the Mongols in the 13th century but scholarship continued. This Arabic manuscript is a copy from a 15th century original concerning religious matters – the title, as outlined on these pages above, essentially means ‘The Guide Book of Blessings and Enlightenment [that comes from] Invoking the Chosen Prophet in Prayer’.
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Title
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A Middle Eastern Odyssey: From Constantinople to Palmyra. Online exhibition
Creator
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Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
16th March, 2018
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Special Collections, University of Otago
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
‘The Middle East is where three continents meet, where empires have waxed and waned, merchants have long traded and warriors have long clashed.’
Lonely Planet Guide, 2003
An imaginary circle that encompasses modern day Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel provides the boundaries for this exhibition on the Middle East. The lands beyond the borders of Turkey and Iran are excluded. The catalyst for this exhibition was the inventory of Middle Eastern and Islamic language materials compiled recently by Dr Majid Daneshgar, former lecturer at Theology and Religion at the University of Otago, now University of Freiburg, Germany. A number of Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish language books and manuscripts feature. The printed books are scarce; the manuscripts unique. They are mainly from the collection of the Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839-1887). There are also some modern publications in the exhibition. These are mainly from the library of Charles Brasch (1903-1973), who was an archaeological field assistant at Tell el Amarna, Egypt, from 1933 to 1935.
The choice travel and history books displayed not only help contextualise the language-based items, but also convey a wider picture and greater understanding on this area of the world, a region that has not only been called ‘the cradle of civilisation’, but also the ‘fertile crescent’. Indeed, the Middle East was once the greatest, most advanced and most open civilisation in history (Bernard Lewis).
The exhibition offers an overview of the Middle East. Importantly, it is historical, with those items displayed grounded in a past stretching back to antiquity.
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East is West
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Freya Stark
Date
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1945
Identifier
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Brasch DS49 S78
Type
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Books
Publisher
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London: John Murray
Abstract
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British travel writer and polyglot, Freya Stark (1893-1993) travelled extensively in the Middle East – she spoke fluent Arabic and Persian. Her first trip to the Middle East was in 1927 and she was one of the first non-Arabians to trek across the deserts of Southern Arabia. During WWII, Stark was employed by the British Government’s Ministry of Information as ‘Assistant Information Officer’ for diplomat Stewart Perowne (1901-89), a man she would later marry. Essentially, she was a ‘propagandist’ for the British and tried to persuade the Arabs ‘to support the Allies or at least remain neutral’. Whether she was successful or not cannot be measured but her book <em>East is West</em> is a memoir of that time.
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