Historia Josephi Fabri Lignarii

This book is a critical edition of the Liber Apocryphus, a medieval Arabic text about the life of Joseph the Carpenter. Based on a manuscript held in the collection of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the edition features the Arabic text, a Latin translation by Georgio Wallin, and extensive scholarly notes about the text's history and significance. A must-read for scholars of medieval Arabic literature and Christian apocrypha.

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