Shidyāq, Asʻad, 1798-1830
Christian Arabic scribe, corrector, and teacher in Mount Lebanon
- HMML ID
- 689721383437
- PURL
- LC name
- Shidyāq, Asʻad, 1798-1830
- HMML name
- Shidyāq, Asʻad, 1798-1830
- HMML native script
- الشدياق، أسعد
- Library of Congress
- VIAF
Variants
- Asʼad ibn Yūsuf, al-Shidyak
- Shidiak, Asaad Esh
Personal information
- Birth date
- 1798
- Death date
- 1830
- Centuries
- 18th century CE ● 19th century CE
- Gender
- Males
- Associated countries
- Occupations
- Fields of activity
- Languages
Personal relationships
- Siblings
General notes
- Description
- Member of a Christian elite family; entered the service of American Protestants as a copyist, corrector, and teacher; attended the Maronite seminary of ʻAyn Waraqa; experienced with "Arabic scribal traditions that cut across confessional boundaries"
- Citations
- Salam Rassi, "Scribal and Commentary Traditions at the Dawn of Print: The Manuscripts of the Near Eastern School of Theology as an Archive of the Early Nahḍa," Philological Encounters 6, no. 3-4 (2021): 402-438, https://doi.org/10.1163/24519197-bja10023.
- Description
- أسعد بن يوسف الشدياق = Asʻad ibn Yūsuf al-Shidyāq
- Citations
- USJ 01490, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, accessed October 13, 2022, https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/129487.
Preferred citation
"Shidyāq, Asʻad, 1798-1830." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified November 28, 2023. https://w3id.org/haf/person/689721383437
Change notes
- Date added
- 2022-10-13
- Last edited
- 2023-11-28