A History of Sanskrit Literature c24.s2.4

c24.s2.4

From the Arabic version came in the tenth or eleventh century a fresh Syriac translation, and at the close of the eleventh century the Greek version of Simeon, son of Seth, which in its turn produced an Italian version of 1583 by Giulio Nuti, two Latin and one German versions, and various Slav reproductions. But more importance attaches to the Hebrew version of the Rabbi Joel (*c.* 1100), whence was made by John of Capua between 1263 and 1278 the *Liber Kelilae et Dimnae, Directorium vitae humanae*, of which two printed editions appeared in 1480. From a manuscript was made by Anthonius von Pforr the German translation, *Das buch der byspel der alten wysen*, which was repeatedly printed from 1483 onwards, and in addition to influencing deeply German literature was rendered into Danish, Icelandic, and Dutch. A Spanish version appeared in 1493, based on it, an Italian by Agnolo Firenzuola in 1546 which was translated into French in 1556, while a direct Italian version, that of A. Doni, came out in two parts in 1552, and the first part was translated into English by Sir Thomas North as *The Morall Philosophie of Doni* in 1570.