Simone Assemani

Template:Short description Simone Assemani (February 19, 1752 – April 7, 1821), grand-nephew of Giuseppe Simone Assemani, was born in Rome.

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Globus caelestis Cufico-Arabicus Veliterni musei Borgiani, 1790

He was professor of Oriental languages in Padua. He is best known by his masterly detection of the literary imposture of Giuseppe Vella, a Maltese priest, which claimed to be a history of the Saracens in Syria.<ref name="EB1911">{{#if: |

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Major works

Numismatics

• Museo Cufico Naniano / illustrato dall' Abate Simone Assemani. Padua 1787–88. Microfilm-Edition Urbana, Ill.: Univ. of Illinois 1998.
• Sopra le Monete Arabe effigiate. Padua 1809.
• Spiegazione di due rarissime medaglie cufiche della famiglia degli Ommiadi appartenenti al Museo Majnoni in Milano. Milan, 1818.

Orientalism

• Saggio sull'origine culto letteratura e costumi degli Arabi avanti Maometto. Padua 1787.
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• Catalogo De'Codici Manoscritti Orientali Della Bibliotheca Naniana / Compilato Dall' Abate Simone Assemani Professore Di Lingue Oriental. Padua 1792.

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