Title

Specimen Suratarum, id est, Capitum aliquot ex Alcorani Systemate

Full title

Specimen Suratarum, id est, Capitum aliquot ex Alcorani Systemate Johan. Zechendorffi, Ejusdemque tum Versionis, tum Refutationis qua Latinae, qua Arabicae, ante aliquam multos annos institutae: in DEI honorem; Verbique ejus propagationem: nec non proximi, ut sunt pagani, Turcae, Persae, Mauritani, atque alii conversionis ansam: Æquiß[im]o doctiß[im]o atque expertiß[im]o Eruditorum judicio ac censurae humillime ab Ipso Interprete subjectum

Short Title

Specimen Suratarum

Title in English

Johann Zechendorff’s Sample of Suras, that is of several chapters from the system of the Qur’an together with [a sample] of his translation and refutation written several years ago, in God’s honour and for the propagation of His Word

Printer

Melchior Göpner

Released place

Zwickau

Released date

1638

Author

Zechendorff, Johann

Language

1065

Qur'an

yes

Qur'an structure

Suras

61 and 78

Pages

20 fols.

Further notes

Sources

Arabic Type

home-made

Link to library catalogue

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Bibliographical references:

Asaph Ben-Tov, “Johann Zechendorff (1580-1662) and Arabic Studies at Zwickau’s Latin School”, in: Jan Loop, Alastair Hamilton, and Charles Burnett (eds.), The Teaching and Learning of Arabic in Early Modern Europe (Leiden, 2017), pp. 57-92., Ben-Tov, "Johann Zechendirff", in Christian Muslim Relations. vol. 9 Western and Southern Europa (1600-1700), ed. David Thomas and John Chesworth (Leiden, 2017), pp. 850-5.)

Individuals

https://digital.slub-dresden.de/werkansicht?id=5363&tx_dlf%5Bid%5D=64449&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=1

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Entry author

Asaph Ben Tov