This publication was made possible by the generous support of the Octavie Siegenbeek van Heukelom Stichting and the Scaliger Institute.
Cover Illustration: Portrait of Josephus Justus Scaliger, studying an Arabic manuscript, probably some leaves of a Qurʾan. Icones Leidenses 31. Attributed to Johannes Cornelisz van ât Woudt, ca. 1608â1609. Senate room, Academy building, Leiden University
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Names: Ommen, Kasper van, author. | Weduwen, Arthur der, translator.
Title: All my books in foreign tongues : the Oriental bequest of Joseph Scaliger and the University Library of Leiden / by Kasper van Ommen ; translated by Arthur der Weduwen.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025. | Series: Library of the written word, 1874â4834 ; volume 132 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2024024375 (print) | LCCN 2024024376 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004701519 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004701526 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Scaliger, Joseph Juste, 1540â1609âLibrary. | Scaliger, Joseph Juste, 1540â1609âKnowledge and learning. | Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden. BibliotheekâCatalogs. | LibrariesâNetherlandsâLeidenâGifts, legaciesâCatalogs.
Classification: LCC Z997.S28 O46 2025 (print) | LCC Z997.S28 (ebook) | DDC 012âdc23/eng/20240711
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024024375
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024024376
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ISSN 1874-4834
ISBN 978-90-04-70151-9 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-70152-6 (e-book)
DOI 10.1163/9789004701526
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