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The Correspondence of Mūsā Ṭrābulsī (1732-1787)
The correspondence of Mūsā Ṭrābulsī preserved in the unique MS 300 of the Orthodox Syriac Patriarchate in Homs is a collection of 69 letters received mainly by Mūsā from various correspondents during his tenure as a secretary of Patriarch Sylvester of Antioch (1724-1766) and his travels in the Patriarch's company. The letters exchanged by Yūsuf Mark and Mūsā Ṭrābulsī illustrate the help that Sylvester received in Moldavia and Wallachia and his efforts to secure the printing of Christian Arabic books there in 1745–1747, and in Beirut in 1750–1753. Other letters connect Elias Fakhr and Sofronios of Kilis with this circle of Syrian intellectuals who supported many of Patriarc...
The Ambassador's Notebook
Using never before studied documents from Manuscript Turc 130 (BnF, Paris), compiled in a unique structure by Ambassador François Savary de Brèves, Viorel Panaite offers a comprehensive picture of the Ottoman Mediterranean around 1600, with the French as protagonists. He explores the foreigner's condition (müstemin) in the Abode of Islam, consular jurisdiction, the Flemish as protégés, and takes the reader on a journey to the cities of Marseille, Tunis, Alexandria, Aleppo and Istanbul. He focuses on the capitulations' provisions about merchants, navigation, trade, goods and taxes, as well as diplomatic efforts to curb the illegal actions of provincial authorities, ship captains, North African pirates and English privateers.
Cristiani orientali e Repubblica delle Lettere (XVI-XVIII sec.) / Chrétiens orientaux et République des Lettres (16e-18e s.) / Östliche Christen und die Gelehrtenrepublik (16.-18. Jh.)
La Repubblica delle Lettere costituiva una rete di studiosi, scienziati, artisti e altri soggetti, formatasi in Europa occidentale fra il XVI e il XVIII sec. come spazio di comunicazione, dialogo e dibattito. Prese forma progressivamente anche una Repubblica delle Lettere orientale, che avviò uno scambio multiforme con quella occidentale. L’asimmetria evidente portava alcuni esponenti occidentali a criticare lo stato di ‘inferiorità’ del mondo orientale. Tuttavia, questa situazione era compensata da altri fattori, dalla conoscenza delle lingue all’accesso a nuove fonti e informazioni. Questo volume multilingue e multidisciplinare unisce le competenze di studiosi europei per elaborare un nuovo approccio alla rete dei Cristiani orientali, nelle sue relazioni multiformi con Repubblica delle Lettere occidentale, superando le tradizionali segmentazioni geografi che, culturali, politiche e religiose.
Sylvester of Antioch
In 1724, Sylvester, a native of the island of Cyprus, was elected Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch and All the East. For more than four decades, he endeavored to preserve the legacy of one of the earliest Christian Churches in the Levant. He faced major challenges because of the ever changing balance of power between the Latin Church and its missionaries, the Patriarchate of Constantinople, the French and English interests in the Levant, and the central and local Ottoman authorities. In his efforts to provide church books for the Arab Orthodox Christians, Sylvester was helped by rulers of the Romanian Principalities, Moldavia and Wallachia. He printed a number of books in Ja...
Arabic-Type Books Printed in Wallachia, Istanbul, and Beyond
This first volume of Collected Works of the ERC Project TYPARABIC focuses on the history of printing during the 18th century in the Ottoman Empire and the Romanian Principalities among diverse linguistic and confessional communities. Although "most roads lead to Istanbul," the many pathways of early modern Ottoman printing also connected authors, readers and printers from Central and South-Eastern Europe, Western Europe and the Levant. The papers included in this volume are grouped in three sections. The first focuses on the first Turkish-language press in the Ottoman capital, examining the personality and background of its founder, İbrahim Müteferrika, the legal issues it faced, and its c...
Icons, Ornaments, and Other Charms of Christian Arabic Books
This edited volume collects the proceedings of the second of two conferences organized by the Typarabic project. It presents the research results of the project, with a focus in this second volume on decorative features of Christian Arabic manuscripts from the 18th century.
