Shidyāq, Asʻad, 1798-1830

Christian Arabic scribe, corrector, and teacher in Mount Lebanon

HMML ID
689721383437
PURL
https://w3id.org/haf/person/689721383437
LC name
Shidyāq, Asʻad, 1798-1830
HMML name
Shidyāq, Asʻad, 1798-1830
HMML native script
الشدياق، أسعد
Library of Congress
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n89205179
VIAF
https://viaf.org/viaf/45896296

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
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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

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Date added
2022-10-13
Last edited
2023-11-28

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