The Oriental Outpost of the Republic of Letters : Sebastian Tengnagel, the Imperial Library in Vienna, and Knowledge of the Orient in Early Modern Europe / edited by Hülya Çeli, Paola Molino, Claudia Römer, Thomas Wallnig.
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TextLanguage: English Series: Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2025 | The History of Oriental Studies ; 17.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025Copyright date: ©2025Description: 1 online resource (295 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
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- Sebastian Tengnagel, the Imperial Library in Vienna, and Knowledge of the Orient in Early Modern Europe
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book explores the life of Sebastian Tengnagel, the imperial librarian who established Vienna's first major collection of Arabic, Turkish, Persian, and Hebrew manuscripts. By examining his correspondence and interactions with European scholars and Ottoman subjects, it sheds light on his pursuit of knowledge. Highlighting the significance of his manuscript collection and his political and religious positions, this book provides fresh insights into seventeenth-century Vienna as a center for the acquisition and dissemination of Oriental scholarship.
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