Lingua Turcica Agemica

The Gospels of Matthew and John in Middle Azeri from 17th Century Isfahan. Edited by Lars Johanson and Éva Á. Csató.

Der Hauptteil des Bandes bietet die Handschrift auf Farbfaksimiletafeln mit gegenüberstehender Transkription des aserbaidschanischen Texts und englischer Übersetzung. - An edition of a Middle Azeri translation of the Gospels of Matthew and John from the end of the 17th century compiled by the French nobleman Balthasar de Lauzière in Isfahan. The manuscript is preserved in the Oriental collection of Johan Gabriel Sparwenfeld (1655-1727) at Carolina Rediviva, Uppsala University Library, Sweden. An introduction relates the story of the manuscripts and their adventurous journey to Uppsala. The text of the Bible translations is published here in transcription with facsimile and grammatical notes. A comprehensive glossary of the lexical and grammatical items is also included. "Lingua Turcica Agemica" is also the name of a Turkic lingua franca used in Iran, the language of the translation, at the time of the Turkic-speaking Safavids. The volume contains a summary of a short grammar of this Turkic variety, which was written in 1684 by the French Capuchin friar Raphaël du Mans' (1613-1696) in Isfahan, as well as its French version by Balthasar de Lauzière. XI,681 Seiten mit 226 Abb. und 21 Tab., gebunden (Turcologica; Band 128/Harrassowitz Verlag 2025) leichte Lagerspuren/minor shelfwear