Name

Barthélémi d'Herbelot

Original name

Barthélemy de Moulinville d'Herbelot

Main activity

Secondary activity

Title

Name variations

Barthélémi de Moulinville d'Herbelot"

Education place

Education institution

Activity place

Activity institution

Collège Royal

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Place of birth

Date of birth

1625

Place of death

Date of death

1695

Bibliographical references

https://www.zotero.org/groups/2447618/euqu_european_quran/collections/W8V4AJZW/tags/Barth%C3%A9lemy%20D'Herbelot/search/herbelot/titleCreatorYear/item-list

Descriptive card

Barthélémy d'Herbelot was a scholar of Oriental languages. He is remembered for his vast opus, the "Bibliothèque orientale". Little is known about his early life and training. He travelled to Italy to pursue his mastery of languages, and eventually enjoyed the patronage of the Duke of Toscany (1662-1666). Upon his return to France, he frequented scholarly and catholic circles and was in charge of the Oriental manuscripts at the Bibliothèque Royale. His work, the Bibliothèque orientale, has been described as “the most ambitious and wide-ranging European reference work about Islamic topics that had ever been produced” (Bevilacqua 2018, 109). The Qur'an is often quoted or referred to, either directly or through Muslim exegetical works.

Entry author

Emmanuelle Stefanidis