Peiresc's Orient by Peter N Miller

Peiresc's Orient by Peter N Miller

The ten essays published in this volume were written over the space of a decade, but they were conceived from the start as a coherent whole, presenting Peiresc's study of discrete languages and literatures of the Near East and North Africa. For Peiresc the student of the Classical past, this described the eastern and southern space in which the Greeks and Romans lived and strove. For Peiresc the Christian, this was the world of the Bible that impacted upon the Greeks and Romans. And for Peiresc of the Mediterranean (for he was born in Aix, spent much time in Marseille, and lived outside of the region for only 6 of his 57 years), this was the territory that his friends and colleagues sailed to, lived in and, usually, came back from. The convergence of these axes in the life of one man, and a man of singular intellectual power and charm whose vast personal paper arsenal had survived, made this such a compelling project.

'Miller has served Peiresc well..' Renaissance Quarterly 'Miller analyzes with great sensitivity evidence from his extensive correspondence and study-notes to reveal the antiquarian's habits of mind and scholarly practices.' Journal of Early Modern History

Peter N. Miller is Dean and Professor of Cultural History, Bard Graduate Center, New York, USA.

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ISBN 13	9781138110298
ISBN 10	1138110299
Title	Peiresc's Orient
Author	Peter N Miller
Series	Variorum Collected Studies
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Routledge
Year published	2017-05-22
Number of pages	372
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