Abstract
The Coptic Historian al-Makin Girgis ibn al-'Amid (1206 - after 1280) is the author of a universal history
known as al-Majmu' al-Mubarak (‘The blessed collection’). This work is divided into two parts: a section
on pre-Islamic history, still unpublished, and a summary of Islamic history, edited by Erpenius in 1625 and
completed by Claude Cahen. The article analyzes the two recensions of the first part of the Majmu' through
the comparison of three manuscripts, in particular as regards the sections on Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine
history. After discussing the particular version of the Testimonium Flavianum which can be found in the longer
recension of the Majmu', the article traces the fortune of al-Makin in subsequent Islamic historiography,
especially al-Qalqashandi, al-Maqrizi and Ibn Khaldun
| Titolo tradotto del contributo | [Autom. eng. transl.] Greco-Roman antiquities between al-Makīn Ibn al-ʿAmīd and Ibn Ḫaldūn. Notes for a history of tradition |
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| Lingua originale | French |
| pagine (da-a) | 121-140 |
| Numero di pagine | 20 |
| Rivista | Studia Graeco-Arabica |
| Volume | 3 |
| Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2013 |
Keywords
- Antiquité Gréco-Latine dans la littérature arabe
- Christian Arabic Historiography
- Greek and Roman history in Arabic literature
- Historiographie arabe chrétienne
- Sources d'Ibn Khaldun
- Sources of Ibn Khaldun
- al-Makin Ibn al-'Amid