2019 A.S.W. Rosenbach Lectures in Bibliography. Session I.

The 2019 A.S.W. Rosenbach Lectures in Bibliography. Arabic and Greek Science and Philosophy: Form and Style in the Transmission to the Latin West. Professor Charles Burnett, The Warburg Institute, University of London. Monday, November 11, 2019. Lecture 1: Fides Interpres. The different styles and approaches of the medieval translators from Arabic and Greek into Latin; from the literal to the paraphrastic; from the complete work to the epitome; revision and correction; the significance of the audience. Introductions by Constantia Constantinou, Vice Provost Director of Penn Libraries, and Dr. Rita Copeland, Sheli Z. and Burton X. Rosenberg Professor of Humanities, University of Pennsylvania.