Type of description:

From the original

Typology

Translation

Current_location

Institution

Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana

Collection

Vaticani Latini

Present shelfmark

Vat. lat. 4071

Former shelfmark

Total pages

IV, 127, IV fols

Folio measures

Material composition

Composite

Writing support

Paper

Textual composition

Multiple text

Textual interval

Title on manuscript

Title position

Attributed Title

Language

Latin

Script

Latin

Incipit

Incipit position

Explicit

Explicit position

Preservation state

Complete

Released date

1400

Released place

Udine

Other dates

1462

Other places

Rome

Colophon

Colophon position

General decoration

No

Quranic structure decoration

No

Quranic reading

Not applicable

Illustrations

No

Marginalia

Yes

Link to library catalogue

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Bibliographical references

Descriptive card

Texts (relevant to the study of the Qur'an) included: - Robert of Ketton's Latin translation of the Qur'an (1143) annotated by Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa when working in Rome (starting from 1459) on the “Cribratio Alkorani” and collaborating with Pope Pious II in the promotion of the crusade against the Ottoman Turks (23r-127v).

Entry author

Davide Scotto