Léon l'Africain
Record IDcnp01317745
URIhttp://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cnp01317745
Gendermale
Biographical Data1496 - 1548
Place of BirthGranada
Place of DeathTunis
Last Edit2024-02-08
General Note
Historien, géographe, philologue. - Né entre 1489 et 1495, fut élevé à Fès, Maroc. - Parcourut le Maroc pour accomplir diverses missions diplomatiques ou commerciales pour le compte du sultan de Fès Muḥammad al-Burtuqālī. Fut capturé par des corsaires siciliens qui l'offrirent au Pape Léon X Jean de Médicis. A apprit l'italien et enseigna l'arabe à Bologne, Italie
Verf. im VD-16, arabisch-maurischer Herkunft; Reisender u. Geograph
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Further Biographical Data1496?-1548
1490-1550. Geburts- und Todesjahr ca.
Dates of Activity1559. Erscheinungsjahr im VD-16
Intellectual ResponsibilityAuteur
Primary Language(s)Arabic
ActivityPersonen zu Geografie, Heimat- und Länderkunde (19.1dp) (sswd)
Autor (gnd)
Geograf (gnd)
Reisender (gnd)
CountryMarokko
Spanien
Tunesien
Geographic NoteES (iso3166)
MA (iso3166)
TN (iso3166)
Place of Activity
Place of BirthGrenade, Espagne (1496)
Lieu de naissance
Lieu de naissance
Granada
Geburtsort
Geburtsort
Place of ActivityFes
Wirkungsort
Wirkungsort
Place of DeathTunis (1548)
Lieu de mort
Lieu de mort
Tunis
Sterbeort
Sterbeort
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See alsoHanno
Bekanntschaft. -- VD-16 Mitverf.
Bekanntschaft. -- VD-16 Mitverf.
Florianus, Johannes, 1522-1585
Bekanntschaft. -- VD-16 Mitverf.
Bekanntschaft. -- VD-16 Mitverf.
Names
HeadingLéon l'Africain
used in: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
used in: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
Leo, Africanus
used in: Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany; Common Library Network (GBV), Göttingen (Germany)
used in: Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany; Common Library Network (GBV), Göttingen (Germany)
Real NameḤasan Ibn-Muḥammad al-Wazzān ¬al-¬
Wirklicher Name
Wirklicher Name
Variant NameAsad al-Ġarnāṭī, Yūḥannā al-
Giovanni Leone Africano
Jean Léon l'Africain
Johannes Leo de Medicis
Leo Africanus
Leo Africanus, Joannes
Leone Africano
Léon l'Africain, Jean
Wazzān, al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad al-Zayyātī al-Fāsī al-
Wazzān al-Zayyātī, al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad al-FāsĪ
Yūḥannā al-Asad al-Ġarnāṭī
Zayyātī, al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad al-Wazzān al-FāsĪ
Africanus, Joannes L.
Africanus, Johannes L.
Africanus, Leo
Al-Hassan ibn-Mohammed Al-Wegaz Al-Fazi
Alasad Algarnati, Johann
Algarnati, Johann A.
Ebn Mohammed Alwazzan Alfasi, Alhasan
ElHasan BenMohammed ElWazzan EzZayyati
ElWazzan EzZayyati
Essed Ifriki
Fāsī, al-Ḥasan Ibn-Muḥammad ¬al-¬
Giovan Lioni
Giovan Lioni, Africano
Giovan', Lioni Africano
Giovanni, Leone Africano
Hasan BenMohammed El Wazzan EzZayyati
Jean Leon Granatino
Jean-Léon, L'Africain
Johann Leo Africanus
Johannes, Leonis
Johannes, Leonis Africanus
Johannes Leo, der Afrikaner
Johannes Leo Africanus
Leeuw, Jan ¬de¬
Leo, Ioannes
Leo, Jan
Leo, Joannes
Leo, Johannes
Leo, Johannes A.
Leo, Johannes Africanus
(VD-16)
(VD-16)
Leo, Granatensis
Leo Africanus, Johannes
Leon, Juan ¬de¬
Leon African, Jean
Leone, Giovanne
Leone, Giovanni
Leoni, Giovanni
Lioni, Giovan
Lioni, Giovan, Africano
Lioni, Giovanni
Liyūn, al-Ifrīqī
Léon, Jean
Léon, Jean ¬dit¬
Léon, Jean, African
Léon, l'Africain
Wassan, al-Hasan Ibn Muḥammad ¬al-¬
Wazzan az-Zaiyati, al-Hasan Ibn-Muhammad
Wazzan az-Zaiyati, al-Hasan Ibn-Muhammad ¬al¬
Wazzān az-Zaiyātī, al-Hasan Ibn Muḥammad ¬al-¬
Wazzān az-Zaiyātī, al-Ḥasan Ibn-Muḥammad
Yuhanna ElAsad ElGharnati
Yūḥannā, al-Ifrīqī
Yūḥannā al-Asad al-Garnāṭı̄
Zaiyāṭı̄, al-Ḥasan Ibn-Muḥammad al-Wazzān ¬az-¬
Ḥasan al-Wazzān
African, Jean Leon
Africanus, Johannes Loe
Hasan Ibn Muhammad al Wassān ¬al-¬
Wazzān al-Fāsī, al-Ḥusayn Ibn Muḥammad ¬al-¬
al-Wazzān al-Fāsī, al-Ḥusayn Ibn Muḥammad
Ḥasan IbnMoḥammad al-Wassân al-Fâsî
Sources
Found inBnF Service arabe. — Description de l'Afrique / Jean-Léon l'Africain ; nouvelle édition traduite de l'italien par A. [Alexis] Épaulard et annotée par A. Épaulard, Th. [Théodore] Monod, H. [Henri] Lhote et R. [Raymond] Mauny, 1956. — Encycl. Islam. — GAL, S. II, 710. — Kaḥḥāla, t. 3, p. 292. — Wikipedia. — M
Imprint SourcesA geographical historie of Africa. - 1600
Africae descriptio IX. lib. absoluta. - 1632
Beschreibung von Afrika. - 1805
Historiale description de l'Afrique. - 1556
Periplus. 1559.
The identity of the sitter is not known. Dietrich Rauchenberger has suggested that the painting may depict Leo Africanus (c.1494-c.1554).(Rauchenberger 1999, pp. 78-79) Another possibility is that painting depicts the Italian poet Marcantonio Flaminio (1497/8-1550) who was a friend of the artist.(Masonen 2001, p. 128)
[Sebastiano del Piombo / Downloaded from the NGA website -- Public domain -- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sebastiano del Piombo Portrait of a Humanist.jpg]
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