See also:

• MIGUEL, MARIA EVARIST (1802–1866)

MIGUEL See also:

• MIGUEL CASIRI (1710-1791)

CASIRI (1710-1791)  , a learned Maronite, was bcrn at See also:

• TRIPOLI
• TRIPOLI (Tarabulus el-Gharb, i.e. Tripoli of the West)
• TRIPOLI, or TARABULUS (anc. Tripolis)

Tripoli (See also:

• SYRIA

Syria) in 1710 . He studied at See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, where he lectured on Arabic, See also:

• SYRIAC

Syriac, See also:

• CHALDEE

Chaldee, See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy and See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology . In 1748 he went to See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, and was employed in the royal library at See also:

• MADRID

Madrid . He was successively appointed a member of the Royal See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy of See also:

• HISTORY

History, interpreter of See also:

• ORIENTAL

oriental See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages to the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king, and See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint-librarian at the See also:

• ESCORIAL

Escorial, In 1763 he became See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal librarian, a See also:

• POST

post which he appears to have held till his See also:

• DEATH

death in 1791 . See also:

• CASIRI, MIGUEL (1710-1791)

Casiri published a See also:

• WORK

work entitled Bibliotheca Arabico-Hispana Escurialensis (2 vols., Madrid, 1760-1770) . It is a See also:

• CATALOGUE (a Fr. adaptation of the Gr. KaraXoyos, a register, from Karalyety, to enrol or pick out)

catalogue of above 1800 Arabic See also:

• MSS

MSS., which he found in the library of the Escorial; it also contains a number of quotations from Arabic See also:

• WORKS

works on history . The MSS. are classified according to subjects; the second See also:

• VOLUME

volume gives an See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of a large collection of See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

geographical and See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical MSS., which contain valuable See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information regarding the See also:

• WARS

wars between the See also:

• MOORS (Lat. Mauri; Gr. Mavpot, dark men)
• MOORS, KABYLES, MZABITES

Moors and the Christians in Spain . Casiri's work is not yet obsolete, but a more scientific See also:

• SYSTEM

system is adopted in Hartwig See also:

• DERENBOURG, JOSEPH (1811-1895)

Derenbourg's incomplete See also:

• TREATISE

treatise, See also:

• LES

Les Manuscrits arabes de l'Escorial (See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1884) .