THE BOOKS PRINTED IN BUCHAREST (1745-1747) BY SYLVESTER OF ANTIOCH AS PART OF THE SYRIAN-ROMANIAN CULTURAL RELATIONS
THE BOOKS PRINTED IN BUCHAREST (1745-1747) BY SYLVESTER OF ANTIOCH AS PART OF THE SYRIAN-ROMANIAN CULTURAL RELATIONS
Author(s): Kabibo NizarSubject(s): Cultural history, History of ideas, Local History / Microhistory, 18th Century
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: Printing; book; cultural relations; Sylvester of Antioch; Syria; Romania;
Summary/Abstract: Anyone studies the history of the Syrian-Romanian cultural relations will feel the huge generosity of the Romanian leaders and people they gave to the Syrians who visited the Romanian principalities seeking this support. The first printer press enters the Arab world was the one brought from Bucharest to Aleppo in Syria (1706). The first books in Arabic types printed by Syrian people were books printed in Bucharest. Sylvester of Antioch, as all Syrian religious men who proceeded him in visiting the Romanian principalities, received the full support from Prince Mavrocordatos.Sylvester could print, in Bucharest, five Christian books in Arabic type letters. Sylvester took another printer press with him from Bucharest to Aleppo. These five books were the last ones that printed in Bucharest, but previous to them there were 14 books as a result of joint Syrian-Romanian efforts.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 19
- Page Range: 1239-1243
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English