Julián Ribera facts for kids

Julián Ribera y Tarragó (born in Carcaixent, Valencia, on February 19, 1858 – died on May 2, 1934, in La Pobla Llarga, Valencia) was an important Spanish scholar. He was known as an Arabist, meaning he studied the Arabic language, culture, and history. He also became a member of the Real Academia Española, a very respected group that looks after the Spanish language.

Julián Ribera's Career

Julián Ribera started his studies in Madrid in 1882. He learned from a famous professor named Francisco Codera y Zaidín. By 1887, when he was 29 years old, Ribera became a full professor of Arabic at the University of Zaragoza. A full professor, or catedrático, is a top teacher and researcher at a university.

While at Zaragoza, Professor Ribera started a magazine called Revista de Aragón. Later, he moved to Madrid. There, he helped create another journal, Cultura Española, with his friend Miguel Asín Palacios. Ribera became a professor of History and then Literature at the University of Madrid. He worked closely with his former student, Professor Asín, on many academic projects. His long and successful career was celebrated in 1927 when he retired.

Ribera's Studies and Discoveries

Professor Ribera's main focus was studying the Islamic culture of Al-Andalus. This was the part of Spain where Muslims lived for many centuries. He wanted to understand how this culture influenced Spain. At first, he followed his teacher's ideas. But soon, he started new ways of looking at Arabic studies.

He wrote about education and the history of laws in Al-Andalus. Later, he became very interested in Arabic music and poetry from this time. He explored how much this music and poetry affected later Spanish literature and music. He also looked at its influence on other European countries. Ribera found many hidden connections and relationships between these cultures. His work was groundbreaking and helped create a whole new area of study.

Important Books and Articles

Julián Ribera wrote many books and articles that are still important today. Here are some of his most well-known works:

Books by Ribera

• La enseñanza entre los musulmanos españoles (1893): This book is about how education worked among Spanish Muslims.
• Orígenes del Justicia de Aragón (1897): This work looks at the beginnings of an important legal position in Aragón.
• Historia de los jueces de Córdoba por Aljoxaní (1914): This is a translation of an old book about judges in Córdoba, a major city in Al-Andalus.
• El cancionero de Abencuzmán (1914): This book studies the poems of Ibn Quzman, a poet from Córdoba. Ribera compared his poems to later European poetry.
• Épica Andaluza Romanceada (1915): This book is about epic stories from Al-Andalus.
• La música de las Cantigas. Estudio sobre su origen y naturaleza (1922): This is a very important book about the music of the Cantigas, which are medieval songs. It explores where they came from and what they were like. An English version was published as Music in Ancient Arabia and Spain.
• La música árabe y su influencia en la española (1927): This is a simpler version of his 1922 book, explaining how Arabic music influenced Spanish music.

Articles by Ribera

• Orígenes de la filosofía de Raimundo Lulio (1899): This article discusses the beginnings of the ideas of a famous philosopher named Raimundo Lulio.
• Origen del colegio Nidamí de Bagdad (1904): This article explores the origins of a famous school in Baghdad.
• El arabista español (1919): This article is about what it means to be a Spanish Arabist.

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