Cav. Uff. Abate Prof.

Pietro Perreau
Born(1827-10-27)27 October 1827
Piacenza, Duchy of Parma
Died1911 (aged 83–84)
Florence, Italy
Academic background
Alma materAlberoni College
Academic work
DisciplineOriental studies
Sub-disciplineRabbinic literature
InstitutionsNational Library of Parma

Pietro Perreau (27 October 1827 – 1911) was an Italian librarian and Hebraist.

Biography

Pietro Perreau was born in Piacenza on 27 October 1827.[1] His father was an engineer with origins in Franche-Comté,[2] and his mother a member of the local aristocracy.[3] He studied in the Alberoni College of his native town from 1844 to 1849, and continued to study philology and philosophy until 1853. In 1854 he became a teacher of Greek, German, and history at the Collegio Carlo Alberto in Moncalieri, and between 1855 and 1856 he taught Greek and German at the Maria Luigia College [it] in Parma.[3]

Perreau was appointed director of the Landiana Library in his native city in 1857.[2] Three years later, he was placed at the head of the Oriental collection in the National Library of Parma, of which he was made chief librarian in 1876. He was a member of the Deputazione di storia patria [it], and active in a number of Orientalist societies.[4] Notably, Perreau was one of two vice-presidents at the Fourth International Congress of Orientalists in Florence in 1878.[3]

Though himself a Catholic priest, he was an avowed philosemite who published historical, literary and scientific studies in various Jewish journals, including the Antologia Israelitica and the Vessillo Israelitico.[2][4] Prior to 1860 Perreau had written on various subjects, but from then on he devoted himself exclusively to rabbinical Jewish literature.[5]

Among other works, Perreau published a polygraphic edition of the commentary of Immanuel of Rome on the Psalms (Parma, 1879–82), on Esther (1880), and on Lamentations (1881). He also published the Ma'amar Gan 'Eden of Rabbi Ḥayyim Israel, in the Zunz Jubelschrift, and Oceano dello abbreviature e sigle ebraiche, caldaiche, rabbiniche, talmudiche, cabalistiche, geographiche, etc. (Parma, 1883; polygraphic edition), a lexicon of Hebrew abbreviations.[1]

Selected publications

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; Cassuto, Umberto (1905). "Perreau, Pietro". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 9. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 645.

  1. ^ a b Rabello, Alfredo Mordechai (2007). "Perreau, Pietro". In Berenbaum, Michael; Skolnik, Fred (eds.). Encyclopaedia Judaica (2nd ed.). Detroit: Macmillan Reference. ISBN 978-0-02-866097-4.
  2. ^ a b c Mareto, Felice da (1973). Bibliografia generale delle antiche province parmensi (in Italian). Vol. 1. Parma: Deputazione di storia patria. pp. 439–440. hdl:2027/uva.x002599646.
  3. ^ a b c Levi, G. E., ed. (1882). "Il Gav. Abate Pietro Perreau". Mosè: Antologia Israelitica. 5. Corfu: 204–205.
  4. ^ a b Cammeo, G. (31 May 1911). "Cenno necrologico: Cav. Uff. Prof. Don Pietro Perreau". Il Corriere Israelitico (in Italian). 50 (1). Trieste: 122.
  5. ^  Singer, Isidore; Cassuto, Umberto (1905). "Perreau, Pietro". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 9. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 645.
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