Contributions Toward a History of Arabico-Gothic Culture / / Leo Wiener.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Wiener, Leo,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2002]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (0 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table Of Contents --; Sources Quoted --; Introduction --; I. The Bubalus In The Bible --; II. The Bull Of Paeonia --; III. Buffalo Hides --; IV. The Tragelaphus --; V. The Tarandus --; VI. The Alce --; VII. The Antholops --; VIII. The Urus --; IX. The Monops --; X. The Gammus --; XI. The Bison --; XII. The Philological History Of The Pearl --; XIII. The Pearl in Greek Literature --; XIV. The Pearl In Arabic Literature --; XV. The Pearl In The Physiologus --; XVI. The Pearl In Pliny, Etc --; XVII. Uniones In Martial --; XVIII. The Pearl In The Germanic Laws --; XIX. The Whale --; XX. The Unicorn --; XXI. The Lion --; XXII. The Saw --; XXIII. The Firebearing Stones --; XXIV. The Charadrius --; XXV. The Pelican --; XXVI. The Lizard --; XXVII. The Weasel --; XXVIII. Glaesum --; XXIX. The Hercynian Forest --; Word Index --; Subject Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463208233; 9783111024141; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463208233
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Leo Wiener.

Wiener argues that Germanic languages have arisen by a sudden influx of Low Latin and Arabic. He demonstrates that they developed from the Graeco-Latin glossaries through Gothic interpretations, which owe their origin to the Graeco-Arabic learning in Spain.