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Simeon Assemani
Grand-nephew of the first and second
Assemanis, b. 1752, in Tripoli,
Syria;
d. at
Padua,
Italy,
1821. He made his
theological
studies in
Rome,
and at the age of twenty-six visited
Syria
and
Egypt.
In 1778 he returned to
Rome,
and then went to
Genoa,
with the intention of going to America, but
he was prevented. In 1785 he was appointed
professor of Oriental languages at the
seminary of
Padua, and in 1807 was transferred to the
University of the same city to fill the same
chair. He had many admirers and friends,
such as
Cardinal Borgia,
the founder of the Museo Borgiano at
the College of the
Propaganda,
in
Rome,
the
French
Orientalist
Silvestre de Sacy and others. His works are:
(1) "Saggio storico sull' origine, culto,
letteratura, e costumi degli Arabi avanti
Maometto" (Padua, 1787) (2) "Museo Cufico
Naniano, illustrato," in two parts (Padua,
1787-88) (3) "Catalogo dei codici
manoscritti orientali della biblioteca
Naniana," in two parts (Padua, 1787-92) (4)
"Globus coelestis arabico-cuficus Veliterni
musei Borgiani. . .illustratus, praemissa de
Arabum astronomia dissertatione" (Padua,
1790) (5) "Se gli Arabi ebbero alcuna
influenza sull' origine della poesia moderna
in Europa?" (1807) (6) "Sopra le monete
Arabe effigiate" (Padua, 1809). |
