Abraham, Ecchellensis, 1605-1664
Professor of Syriac and Arabic who studied at the Maronite College in Rome (1620-1628), published a short Syriac grammar, worked as a diplomat in Lebanon for Emir Fakhr al-Dīn, returned to Italy and taught Arabic and Syriac at the Sapienza College in Rome and was appointed professor of oriental languages at Pisa. In the 1630s he worked on the Paris Polyglot and was professor at the Collège Royal in Paris. He returned to Rome in 1653, where he taught for the Propaganda Fide then was Scriptor of the Vatican Library from 1660.
- HMML ID
- 618154331022
- PURL
- LC name
- Abraham, Ecchellensis, 1605-1664
- HMML name
- Abraham, Ecchellensis, 1605-1664
- HMML native script
- ܐܒܪܗܡ، ܚܩܠܢܝܐ
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- VIAF
Variants
- Abraham
- Abraham Ecchellensis
- Abrahamus
- Ecchellensis, Abraham
- Ibrāhīm al-Ḥāqilanī
- Ḥāqilanī, Ibrāhīm
- Ḥāqillānī, Ibrāhīm
Personal information
- Birth date
- 1605-02-18
- Death date
- 1664-07-15
- Centuries
- 17th century CE
- Gender
- Males
- Place residence
- Associated countries
- Occupations
- Fields of activity
- Languages
Affiliations
- Graduate of
- Employer
General notes
- Citations
- Lucas Van Rompay, "al-Ḥāqilānī, Ibrāhīm," Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, electronic ed., accessed May 12, 2023, https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/al-Haqilani-Ibrahim.
Preferred citation
"Abraham, Ecchellensis, 1605-1664." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified May 14, 2024. https://w3id.org/haf/person/618154331022
Change notes
- Date added
- 2021-05-25
- Last edited
- 2024-05-14