Title

Machvmetis Saracenorvm Principis

Full title

Machvmetis Saracenorvm Principis, Eivs'qve Svccessorvm Vitae, Ac Doctrina, Ipséqve Alcoran : Quo uelut authentico legum diuinarum codice Agareni & Turcæ, alijq[ue] Christo aduersantes populi regũtur. quæ ... Petrus abbas Cluniacensis ... ex Arabica lingua in Latinam transferri curauit His adiunctæ sunt Confvtationes multorum, et quidem probatißimorum authorum, Arabum, Græcorum, et Latinorum, unà cum doctissimi uiri Philippi Melanchthonis præmonitione ... ; Adiunctæ sunt etiam, Turcarũ ... res gestae maximè memorabiles ...

Short Title

Koran

Title in English

Printer

Released place

Basel

Released date

1543

Author

Oporinus

Language

2242

Qur'an

Qur'an structure

Suras

Pages

Further notes

Sources

Arabic Type

Link to library catalogue

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Bibliographical references:

https://diglib.uibk.ac.at/urn:nbn:at:at-ubi:2-5303

Individuals

Descriptive card

Hæc omnia in unum uolumen redacta sunt, opera et studio Theodori Bibliandri, Ecclesiæ Tigurinæ ministri, qui collatis etiam exemplaribus Latinis Et Arab. Alcorani textum emendauit, et marginib. apposuit Annotationes ; quibus doctrinæ Machumeticæ absurditas, contradictiones, origines errorũ, diuinæq[ue] scripturæ deprauationes, atq[ue] aliæ id genus indicantur. Quæ quidem in lucem edidit ad gloriam Domini Iesv Christi, et multiplicem Ecclesiæ utilitatem ... eiusq[ue] nuncium Antichristum: quem oportet manifestari, et confici spiritu oris Christi Seruatoris nostri. Languages: Latin ; Ancient Greek. Content notes: Contains [1st part]: Lex Saracenorvm, Qvam Alchoran Vocant, Id Est, Collectionem præceptorum Content notes: Contains [2nd part]: Confvtationes Legis Machvmeticæ, Qvam Vocant Alcoranvm ; Adiecta quoq[ue] est Lodouici Viuis Valentini, uiri doctissimi, de Mahumete & Alcorano eius Censura, ex Libris ipsius se Veritate fidei Christianæ decerpta, unà cum alijs lectu dignissimis Content notes: Contains [3rd part]: Historiae De Saracenorvm Sive Tvrcarvm Origine, Moribvs, Nequitia, religione, rebus gestis: itemq[ue] de ordinatione politiæ eorundem domi & foris, & disciplina ac ordine militiæ Turcicæ, deq[ue] itineribus in Turciam, Vnà cum uitis omnium Turcicorum imperatorum ad nostra usque tempora ... Text Latin, partly ancient Greek, in Greek script Bibliogr. Proof: due to numerous variants and incomplete digital copies in VD16, not clearly assignable. Distinguishing features from other editions: Title words ‘Adiunctæ sunt etiam, Turcarũ’ (Turcarum with abbreviation) and ‘... origines errorũ ...’ (errorum with abbreviation) ; at the beginning [12] leaves, i.e. without Martin Luther's ‘Praemonitio’ or ‘Praefatio in Alcoranum’ ; on the title page. Mention of Philipp Melanchthon, not Martin Luther. At the beginning of Part 3, Martin Luther's ‘Epistola’, not Philipp Melanchthon's ‘Praefatio’ (=Moser, Bibliander (2005): Type B-9.1d) Contributors: Luther, Martin ; Vives, Juan Luis ; Postel, Guillaume ; Maffei, Raffello ; Picerno, Bartolomeo ; Giovio, Paolo the Elder ; Negro, Francesco ; Sadoleto, Jacopo [3 parts]. - Slur collation [part 1:] alpha-beta 6 gamma 2 a-u6 (beta 6b and gamma 2b empty); [part 2:] *4 A-P6 (P6 empty); [part 3:] aa-nn6 oo4 (oo4b empty). Binding: binding light-coloured leather over wood ; spine hs. Title, signature ; cover embossed scrolls (e.g. dragon (lion?), unicorn and stag hunted by two hounds EBDB r000831 and r002168, workshop w002232) and single stamp, bevelled edges ; two leather-metal clasps. - Hs. note in the VDS: Prohibitus ; Hs. notes about Mohammed on the back: Anno d[o]m[in]i 626 in lucem prodiit Machometa ... Provenance: Provenance unknown (cancellation in VDS, signature? ownership note?).

Entry author

Marina Santana