Ignaz Goldziher (Ignác Goldziher) (1850-1921), the famous Orientalist (in the pre-Said definition of the word) and scholar of Islamic Studies. He was born in Budapest in 1850 and has been recognised as one of the founders of Islamic studies, along with Theodor Nöldeke and Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje.
Discovered in the stacks in a bound collection of offprints are a number of Goldziher’s signatures. The signatures are throughout the articles, complete with dedications some of which are to the philologist, René Basset who is also suspected as being the binder of these volumes. The dedications are written in German, Arabic and French.
In related news, the Oriental Collection of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences has released “The Goldziher correspondence of Budapest – more than 13000 letters related to Ignaz Goldziher.” The letters are searchable, here.
Below are some of the signatures in multiple languages for your viewing pleasure.
Further reading: Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 42 (1922), pp.189-193.
Nöldeke, Theodor, Ignác Goldziher, and René Basset. 1871. Mélanges. (Held in the Islamic rare books collection at Rare Books and Special Collections, 4th floor McLennan Library.)
