The Libro de los buenos proverbios : a critical edition /
The libro de los buenos proverbios, a key work in the medieval didactic tradition, is presented here for the first time in a western translation. The proverbs were assembled by the great ninth-century physician, translator, and author, Hunain ibn Ishaq. Harlan G. Sturm provides an excellent introduc...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Spanish English |
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Lexington, Kentucky :
The University Press of Kentucky,
1970
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| Series: | Studies in Romance languages (Lexington, Ky.) ;
no. 5. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | The libro de los buenos proverbios, a key work in the medieval didactic tradition, is presented here for the first time in a western translation. The proverbs were assembled by the great ninth-century physician, translator, and author, Hunain ibn Ishaq. Harlan G. Sturm provides an excellent introduction to his translation of the Buenos Proverbios which deals with the book's role in medieval proverbial literature and with the life and significance of Hunain ibn Ishaq, whose influence in his own period was significant. Hunain accurately translated the scientific works of the ancients and contr. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (150 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780813164724 0813164729 |
| Language: | In Spanish and English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
