"Moreover, the Orient studied was a textual universe by and large; the impact of the Orient was made through books and manuscripts, not, as in the impress of Greece on the Renaissance, through mimetic artifacts like sculpture and pottery."
"Dahası, incelenen Şark, bir metinler evreniydi genelde; Şark'ın etkisi kitaplarla, elyazmalaeıyla ulaşıyordu, Rönesans'taki Yunan etkisinde olduğu gibi heykel, seramik çeşidinden benzetmeye dayalı yapıtlarda değil"