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Contributions Toward a History of Arabico-Gothic Culture /

Wiener, Leo

Contributions Toward a History of Arabico-Gothic Culture / Leo Wiener. - 1 online resource (0 p.)

Frontmatter -- Table Of Contents -- Sources Quoted -- Introduction -- I. The Bubalus In The Bible -- II. The Bull Of Paeonia -- III. Buffalo Hides -- IV. The Tragelaphus -- V. The Tarandus -- VI. The Alce -- VII. The Antholops -- VIII. The Urus -- IX. The Monops -- X. The Gammus -- XI. The Bison -- XII. The Philological History Of The Pearl -- XIII. The Pearl in Greek Literature -- XIV. The Pearl In Arabic Literature -- XV. The Pearl In The Physiologus -- XVI. The Pearl In Pliny, Etc -- XVII. Uniones In Martial -- XVIII. The Pearl In The Germanic Laws -- XIX. The Whale -- XX. The Unicorn -- XXI. The Lion -- XXII. The Saw -- XXIII. The Firebearing Stones -- XXIV. The Charadrius -- XXV. The Pelican -- XXVI. The Lizard -- XXVII. The Weasel -- XXVIII. Glaesum -- XXIX. The Hercynian Forest -- Word Index -- Subject Index

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Wiener argues that Germanic languages have arisen by a sudden influx of Low Latin and Arabic. He demonstrates that they developed from the Graeco-Latin glossaries through Gothic interpretations, which owe their origin to the Graeco-Arabic learning in Spain.


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In English.

9781931956987 9781463208233

10.31826/9781463208233 doi


RELIGION / Islam / History.

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