MacDonald, DB (English)

Japanese: MacDonald,D.B.(英語表記)MacDonaldDB
MacDonald, DB (English)

...In the early 18th century, the French orientalist A. Galland included it in his The Thousand and One Nights, and it became known throughout the world, but no Arabic original was ever found, either in the original copy of The Thousand and One Nights or as an independent manuscript. In 1908, Duncan B. MacDonald confirmed its existence in the catalogue of manuscripts in the Bodley Library at Oxford University, and in 1910 published the original text in the journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. However, there is a difference in style between the two, so it is unclear whether it is the same as the one Galland used.

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Japanese:

…18世紀はじめフランスの東洋学者A.ガランがその《千夜一夜物語》に入れたことで世界中に知られたが,《千夜一夜物語》の原本にしても,独立の写本にしても,アラビア語原典は見つからなかった。1908年にいたりマクドナルドDuncan B.MacDonaldが,オックスフォード大学のボドリー図書館所蔵の写本目録の中からその存在を確認し,10年に英国王立アジア協会の雑誌に原文を発表した。しかしはたしてガランが使用したものと同じか否か,両者間に文体の差があって不確かである。…

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