Constellations, plants and Arab poetry in a Medieval Berber text

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Brugnatelli, Vermondo. 2022. « Constellations, Plants and Arab Poetry in a Medieval Berber Text ». Kervan. International Journal of African and Asian Studies 27 (2): 217-32. doi:10.13135/1825-263X/8240, bibliographie, consulté le 9 mai 2025, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/51929

Titre: Constellations, plants and Arab poetry in a Medieval Berber text
Auteur: Brugnatelli, Vermondo Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
Date: 2023
Dans: Kervan. International Journal of African and Asian Studies Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
Résumé: This paper discusses one paragraph of the Kitāb al-Barbariyya, a medieval Berber commentary on Abū Ġānim’s Mudawwana. The brief note examined is a comment on the answer to a legal question, which mentions the ancient Berber names of a constellation and of a plant, quoting two lines of Arabic poetry. The passage occupies seven lines (f. 126b, ll. 8-14) of the manuscript MS.ARA 1936 found at the Bibliothèque universitaire des langues et civilisations (BULAC) of Paris. The Berber words retrieved from this text are Amanar, the name of the constellation of Orion, and tabduɣt, the name of the cotton plant. Moreover, in this ancient text, the word (a)kermus, which in the contemporary Berber languages applies to some specific plants (figs, prickly pears, dates), and which, in this case, seems to mean simply ‘fruit’, which supports a possible etymology from the Greek karpós. A list of Arab authors quoted within the Kitāb al-Barbariyya is added at the end of the paper.
Sujet: Fiqh -- Libye -- 8e siècle Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur; Linguistique Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
Langue: eng
volume: 27
numéro: 2
pages: 217-232
doi: 10.13135/1825-263X/8240
issn: 1825-263X
uri: https://ojs.unito.it/index.php/kervan/article/view/8240
Droits: Copyright (c) 2023 Kervan. International Journal of African and Asian Studies

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