kurdische Kultur und Sprache

GARZONI, Maurizio (1734-1804).
Grammatica e vocabolario della lingua kurda.

8vo (178 x 115 mm). Mit runder Titelvignette in Holzschnitt. 288 S. (inkl. Titel). Halbpergamentband d. Z., mit hs. Rückentitel. Roma, nella Stamperia della Sacra Congregazione di Propaganda Fide, 1787. Erstausgabe der ersten Grammatik und des ersten europäischen Handbuchs der kurdischen Sprache. Garzoni war 1762 nach der rund 400 km nördlich von Bagdad liegenden Stadt Mosul gekommen, wo er bis 1787 lebte. Er verfasste seine Grammatik und Wörterbuch der kurdischen Sprache aus der Einsicht, dass die christlichen Missionare in ihrem täglichen Umgang mit ihren muselmanischen Gastgebern nicht auf die elementarsten Kenntnisse der kurdischen Sprache verzichten konnten. Zusammen mit seinem Vorläufer Domenico Lanza (1718-1782), resp. seinem Nachfolger Giuseppe Campanile (1762-1835), trug Garzoni Wesentliches zur Kenntnis über diese Region bei. Zwar nicht frei von euro-zentristischen und katholischen Dogmatismen, wird die kurdische Kultur und Sprache erstmals auf wissenschaftlicher Basis dem europäischen Leser nahegebracht. "This work is very important in the Kurdish history as it is the first acknowledgement of the originality of the Kurdish language on a scientific base. Garzoni was given the title of Father of Kurdology, and of The pioneer Kurdish grammarian" (Mirella Galetti). - Zu Beginn etwas wasserfleckig. ICCU (Online Kat.) 041411; Zaunmüller 232; Brunet II, 1497; Ebert 8177. Rare first edition of the first scientific acknowledgement of the originality of the Kurdish language. This first grammar and manual of the Kurdish language was written by the Italian Dominican friar Maurizio Garzoni to enable Christian missionaries to converse with Kurmanji-speakers. Garzoni had reached the city of Mosul - situated 400 km north of Baghdad - in 1762 and lived there until 1787. Together with his precursor Domenico Lanza (1718-1782), and his successor Giuseppe Campanile (1762-1835), Garzoni greatly contributed to the knowledge of that region. Although influenced by their European perspective and Catholic dogmatism, they described in broad terms the language and the social, political, and economic structure of the Kurdish society. Garzoni reports that among themselves Christians used books in their own language. All of them, however, needed to know the Kurdish language not only for their daily contacts with Muslims, but also in their economic transactions with the Kurdish owners and tribal chiefs of the region. Garzoni's Grammatica e vocabolario is very important in the Kurdish history as it is the first acknowledgement of the originality of the Kurdish language on a scientific base. It earned its author the title of "Father of Kurdology" and of "The pioneer Kurdish grammarian". - Somewhat waterstained at the beginning. - Contemporary half vellum.

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