Research Catalog

Title

Arabic studies in the Netherlands : a short history in portraits, 1580-1950 / by Arnoud Vrolijk, Richard van Leeuwen ; translated by Alastair Hamilton.

Author

Vrolijk, Arnoud

Publication

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Leeuwen, Richard van
• Hamilton, Alastair, 1941-
• Rijksmuseum van Oudheden te Leiden, host institution.
• Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden, host institution.

Description

vii, 183 pages : color illustrations, facsimiles, portraits; 30 cm

Summary

"Arabic is the only living language to have been taught in Dutch higher education for more than four centuries. Practical usefulness, however, has been a prerequisite from the start. Knowledge of Arabic was to promote Dutch interests in the Muslim world, or to help refute Islam. As a cognate of Classical Hebrew, the study of Arabic served as an ancillary science to Biblical studies. Nevertheless, many Arabists such as Thomas Erpenius and Jacobus Golius rose to international distinction. With more than 110 colour illustrations from the Leiden Oriental collections, Arabic Studies in the Netherlands. A Short History in Portraits, 1580-1950 by Arnoud Vrolijk and Richard van Leeuwen will help the reader to gain insight into a fascinating aspect of Dutch intellectual history."--

Uniform Title

Voortreffelijk en waardig. English. 2014

Alternative Title

• Voortreffelijk en waardig. 2014
• Netherlands : a short history in portraits, 1580-1950

Subjects

• Portraits > Netherlands > Leiden > Exhibitions
• Civilization, Arab > Study and teaching > Netherlands > History > Exhibitions
• Arabic language > Study and teaching (Higher) > Netherlands > History > Exhibitions
• Netherlands > Biography > Portraits > Exhibitions
• Arabists > Netherlands > Biography > Exhibitions
• Arab countries > Study and teaching > Netherlands > History > Exhibitions
• Arabists > Netherlands > Portraits > Exhibitions
• Art, Arab > Study and teaching > Netherlands > History > Exhibitions

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-179) and index.

Exhibitions (note)

• "Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Voortreffelijk en Waardig. 400 jaar Arabische studies in Nederland', at the National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden, in cooperation with Leiden University, from 6 September 2013 until 2 March 2014"--Page v.

Call Number

JQF 16-473

ISBN

• 9789004264861
• 9004264868

LCCN

2013952101

OCLC

878614339

Author

Vrolijk, Arnoud, author.

Title

Arabic studies in the Netherlands : a short history in portraits, 1580-1950 / by Arnoud Vrolijk, Richard van Leeuwen ; translated by Alastair Hamilton.

Publisher

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-179) and index.

Exhibitions

"Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Voortreffelijk en Waardig. 400 jaar Arabische studies in Nederland', at the National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden, in cooperation with Leiden University, from 6 September 2013 until 2 March 2014"--Page v.

Added Author

Leeuwen, Richard van, author.

Hamilton, Alastair, 1941- translator.

Rijksmuseum van Oudheden te Leiden, host institution.

Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden, host institution.

Translation Of:

Vrolijk, Arnoud. Voortreffelijk en waardig. Leiden : Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, 2013 9789071201257 (OCoLC)858804811

Research Call Number

JQF 16-473