Article published In: Historiographia Linguistica
Vol. 46:1/2 (2019) ► pp.105–132
Mortimer Sloper Howell (1841–1925), lecteur de Raḍī al-dīn al-Astarābāḏī (VIIe/XIIIe siècle), et deux lithographies indiennes
Article language: French
Published online: 2 September 2019
https://doi.org/10.1075/hl.00040.lar
https://doi.org/10.1075/hl.00040.lar
Résumé
Cet article présente deux lithographies indiennes du Šarḥ al-Kāfiya et du Šarḥ al-Šāfiya de Raḍī al-dīn al-Astarābāḏī (m. en ou après 688/1289), faites à Delhi, respectivement en 1282/1866 et 1283/1866. Elles ont appartenu à Mortimer Sloper Howell (1841–1925), magistrat britannique en Inde et auteur d’une grammaire arabe en sept volumes parus à Allahabad entre Howell, Mortimer Sloper. 1880. [A] Grammar of the Classical Arabic Language translated and compiled from the works of the most approved native and naturalized authorities (…) in an Introduction and four parts. Part II1. – The Verb: and Part III. – The Particle. Allahabad: Printed at the North-Western Provinces and Oudh Government Press. et 1911. La grammaire de Howell suit le plan du Mufaṣṣal de Zamaḫšarī (m. 538/1144) en quatre parties : nom, verbe, particule, ce qui est commun aux trois parties précédentes ou à deux d’entre elles. Le Šarḥ al-Šāfiya est couvert d’annotations, très certainement de la main même de Howell, mais le Šarḥ al-Kāfiya en est vierge. Cela semble devoir être mis en relation avec le développement que Howell donne, dans la lignée du Šarḥ al-Šāfiya, à la quatrième partie du Mufaṣṣal, qui traite essentiellement de phonologie. C’est ce développement qui a attiré l’attention sur la grammaire de Howell et, à travers elle, le Šarḥ al-Šāfiya de Raḍī al-dīn al-Astarābāḏī de linguistes arabisants comme Jean Cantineau (1899–1956) et Henri Fleisch (1904–1985). Une enquête dans la grammaire de Howell montre que l’autre partie du Šarḥ al-Šāfiya, qui traite de morphologie, et le Šarḥ al-Kāfiya, qui traite de syntaxe, en sont des sources tout aussi importantes et, par suite, que Howell peut encore servir de médiateur entre Raḍī al-dīn al-Astarābāḏī et les arabisants.
Summary
This article presents two Indian lithographs of Raḍī al-dīn al-Astarābāḏī’s (d. circa 688/1289) Šarḥ al-Kāfiya and Šarḥ al-Šāfiya, made in Delhi, in 1282/1866 and 1283/1866. They belonged to Mortimer Sloper Howell (1841–1925), a British magistrate in India and the author of a seven-volume Arabic grammar published in Allahabad between Howell, Mortimer Sloper. 1880. [A] Grammar of the Classical Arabic Language translated and compiled from the works of the most approved native and naturalized authorities (…) in an Introduction and four parts. Part II1. – The Verb: and Part III. – The Particle. Allahabad: Printed at the North-Western Provinces and Oudh Government Press. and 1911. Howell’s grammar follows the plan of Zamaḫšarī’s (d. 538/1144) Mufaṣṣal in four parts: noun, verb, particle, common processes. The Šarḥ al-Šāfiya is covered with annotations, certainly by Howell, but the Šarḥ al-Kāfiya is blank. This seems to have something to do with the development that Howell has had, in line with Šarḥ al-Šāfiya, in the fourth part of the Mufaṣṣal, which deals essentially with phonology. It was this development that drew attention of linguists like Jean Cantineau (1899–1956) and Henri Fleisch (1904–1985) to Howell’s grammar and, through it, Raḍī al-dīn al-Astarābāḏī’s Šarḥ al-Šāfiya. A survey in Howell’s grammar shows that the other part of Šarḥ al-Šāfiya, which deals with morphology, and the Šarḥ al-Kāfiya, which deals with syntax, are also very important sources, what Howell can still to mediate between Raḍī al-dīn al-Astarābāḏī and the Arabic scholars.
Zusammenfassung
Dieser Artikel stellt zwei indische Lithographien von Raḍī al-dīn al-Astarābāḏīs (gest. um 688/1289) Šarḥ al-Kāfiya und Šarḥ al-Šāfiya vor, die 1282/1866 und 1283/1866 in Delhi hergestellt wurden. Sie gehörten Mortimer Sloper Howell (1841–1925), einem britischen Richter in Indien, und Autor einer siebenbändigen arabischen Grammatik, die zwischen Howell, Mortimer Sloper. 1880. [A] Grammar of the Classical Arabic Language translated and compiled from the works of the most approved native and naturalized authorities (…) in an Introduction and four parts. Part II1. – The Verb: and Part III. – The Particle. Allahabad: Printed at the North-Western Provinces and Oudh Government Press. und 1911 in Allahabad veröffentlicht wurde. Howells Grammatik folgt dem Plan von Zamaḫšarīs (gest. 538/1144) Mufaṣṣal in vier Teilen: Nomen, Verbum, Partikel, gemeinsame Prozesse. Der Šarḥ al-Šāfiya ist mit Anmerkungen versehen, sicherlich von Howell, der Šarḥ al-Kāfiya ist jedoch leer. Dies scheint etwas mit der Entwicklung zu tun zu haben, die Howell im Einklang mit Šarḥ al-Šāfiya im vierten Teil des Mufaṣṣal hatte, der sich im Wesentlichen mit der Phonologie befasst. Es war diese Entwicklung, die Linguisten wie Jean Cantineau (1899–1956) und Henri Fleisch (1904–1985) auf Howells Grammatik und damit auch auf Raḍī al-dīn al-Astarābāḏīs Šarḥ al Šāfiya aufmerksam machte. Eine Umfrage in Howells Grammatik zeigt, dass der andere Teil von Šarḥ al-Šāfiya, der sich mit Morphologie befasst, und der Šarḥ al-Kāfiya, der sich mit Syntax befasst, ebenfalls sehr wichtige Quellen sind, was Howell noch zwischen Raḍī al-dīn al-Astarābāḏī und die arabischen Gelehrten vermitteln kann.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction: Aliquando bonus dormitat Homerus
- 2.Fleisch, Howell, Raḍī al-dīn al-Astarābāḏī
- 3.Mortimer Sloper Howell
- 4.La Grammaire arabe de Howell
- 4.1Structure
- 4.2Sources
- 4.3Raḍī al-dīn al-Astarābāḏī
- 4.4Éditions du Šarḥ al-Kāfiya et du Šarḥ al-Šāfiya utilisées par Howell
- 4.5Raḍī al-dīn al-Astarābāḏī, Howell, Cantineau et Fleisch
- 5.La partie morphologique du Šarḥ al-Šāfiya et l’exemple des formes dérivées du verbe trilitère
- 6.Le Šarḥ al-Kāfiya et l’exemple du ’inšā’
- 7.Conclusion
- Remerciements
- Remarques
Références
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