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Pierre Poussines

Pierre Poussines

French Jesuit and scholar

Pierre Poussines (Latin: Petrus Possinus) (1609–1686) was a French Jesuit and scholar.[1]

His works include the publication of Francis Xavier's Letters, in seven books, from 1667. He made editions of some classical authors, including Anna Comnena, and also a translation, Specimen Sapientiae Indorum Veterum (1666), of the Panchatantra.

References

  1. [1]
    Neville, L. (2012). Heroes and Romans in Twelfth-Century Byzantium: The Material for History of Nikephoros Bryennios. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-107-00945-5.


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