Title

Machumetis Saracenorum Principis

Full title

Machumetis Saracenorum principis, eiusque successorum vitae, doctrina, ac ipse Alcoran, ... Quae ante annos CCCC ... D. Petrus Abbas Cluniacensis, per uiros eruditos ... ex Arabica lingua in Latinam transferri curauit. His adiunctae sunt confutationes multorum ... authorum, Arabum, Graecorum, et Latinorum, unà cum doctiss. uiri Philippi Melancthonis praemonitione ... Adiuncti sunt etiam de Turcarum, siue Sarracenorum ... origine, ac rebus gestis, à DCCCC annis ad nostra usque tempora, libelli aliquot lectu dignissimi. Haec omnia in unum uolumen redacta sunt, opera et studio Theodori Bibliandri ... qui ... Alcorani textum emendauit, et marginibus apposuit annotationes ...

Short Title

Qur'an. Latin

Title in English

Printer

Released place

Basel

Released date

1550

Author

Oporinus

Language

2145

Qur'an

Qur'an structure

Suras

Pages

Further notes

Sources

Arabic Type

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Copy specific Provenance: Adam Bothwell (1529?-1593), Bishop of Orkney: manuscript autograph on title page: "Adamus Episcopus orchadeij". Listed in Durkan and Ross, "Early Scottish Libraries" (Glasgow: John S. Burns and Sons, 1961), p. 29. Also listed in the 1594 inventory of Bothwell's Library, A. I. Cameron (ed.) "Warrender Papers" (Edinburgh: Scottish Historical Society, 1932), p. 399. University of Glasgow: purchased (for 7 lib? - see annotations) in 1615 under the new principalship of Robert Boyd (1578-1627), of Trochrigg, using funds from students taking the Master of Arts degree. See: Innes (ed.) "Munimenta Alme Universitatis Glasguensis. Records of the University of Glasgow, from its foundation till 1727" vol 2, p. 412. Also see: Durkan, J. 'The early history of Glasgow University Library' in Douglas S. Mack (ed.) "The Bibliotheck: a Scottish Journal of Bibliography and Allied Topics", (1977), vol. 8 (nos. 4-6), pp. 110-111. Inscription "Ex libris Communis Biblithecae Collegij Glasguensis" at head of title page. Old Library shelfmark "AT.f.1.n.7" on title page matching entry in 'Catalogus librorum Bibliothecae Universitatis Glasguensis anno 1691' (University of Glasgow Library, MS Gen. 1313); shelfmark "CO.3.1" on University Library bookplate matching entry in A. Arthur, 'Catalogus impressorum librorum in Bibliotheca Universitatis Glasguensis', (Glasguae: 1791). Binding: 16th/17th century limp parchment laced case binding; sewn on four double cord supports laced into parchment cover; manuscript waste spine lining; laced endbands at head and tail (tailband now missing, and headband partially detatched); two thong fore edge ties; poor condition - cover detatched from textblock at the rear and loose at the front. Annotations: 16th/17th century price "7 lib" at head of front pastedown. Provenance Bothwell, Adam, Bishop of Orkney, 1529?-1593. Previous owner. Boyd, Robert, of Trochrig, Principal of Glasgow University, active 1578-1627. Acquired during the principalship of.

Entry author

Marina Santana