Simone Assemani (February 19, 1752 – April 7, 1821), grand-nephew of Giuseppe Simone Assemani, was born in Rome.

Globus caelestis Cufico-Arabicus Veliterni musei Borgiani, 1790

He was professor of Oriental languages in Padua. He is best known by his masterly detection of the literary imposture of Giuseppe Vella, a Maltese priest, which claimed to be a history of the Saracens in Syria.[1]

Major works

Numismatics

Orientalism

References

  1. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Assemani s.v. 4. Simon". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 779.


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