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Domenico da Fano

Dictionary Definition: 

  • Engelhardt, Between, p. 61 et passim.
  • Clemente da Terzorio, Le'Esplorazione del Tibet del Padre Domenico Magnanini da Fano, Missionario Cappuccino, Studia Picena, vol. 8 (1932), pp. 81-101. Domenico da Fano, Breve relazione del Regno del Thibet, ed. by Clemente da Terzorio, Studia Picena, vol. 8 (1932), pp. 81-101. Am not certain which of these references is the correct one. Study of a letter of Domenico da Fano (1713), Capuchin missionary.
  • Sweet, DSHF, p. 132.

Bibliography:

  • Alfabetto Thibettano per conoscere e leggere li Carattori impressi ne Libri del Gran Thibet o sia Butant & Vocabulario Thibettiano iscritto con carattori proprij ed esplicato con lettere latine (Roma 1717).
    • A manuscript is kept in Bibliothèque Nationale (Fonds tibétain 542). Another copy in St. Petersburg Oriental Institute collection, no. B8918/1. Abecedarium (transliteration) and dictionary, Latin-Tibetan. On the history of this and subsequent dictionaries, see the references in Engelhardt, Between, p. 62 (here it is also interesting to note that the Capuchins were the first to introduce a movable Tibetan type for printing in 1741).
    • See also Erberto Lo Bue, A Note on the Dictionaries Compiled by Italian Missionaries in Tibet, Tibet Journal, vol. 26, no. 2 (Summer 2001), pp. 88-92. Persons mentioned include Giuseppe d'Ascoli (Andrea Tassi), Francesco Maria di Tours, Father Domenico di Fano (Francesco Magnanini), Orazio della Penna (Count Luzio Olivieri di Pennabilli, 1680-1745), J. Marsham.