Title

Ioannis Cantacuzeni Constantinopolitani Regis Contra Mahometicam Christiana & orthodoxa assertio

Full title

Ioannis Cantacuzeni Constantinopolitani Regis Contra Mahometicam Christiana & orthodoxa assertio, Graece conscripta ante annos ferè ducentos, nunc uero Latinitate donata, Rodolpho Gualthero Tigurino interprete. Adiecta est eadem Graece scripta, in eius linguae ac pietatis studiosorum gratiam

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Title in English

Printer

Oporinus

Released place

Basel

Released date

1543

Author

Oporinus

Language

2149

Qur'an

Qur'an structure

Suras

Pages

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Sources

Arabic Type

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Description: [12],124,[10],108,[2]p ; fol. Note: Text in Latin and Greek, includes Greek text and Latin translation of John VI Cantacuzenus' Contra Mahometicam Christiana & orthudoxa assertio. Greek title page reads "Tou Eusebestatou kai philochristou Basileōs Ioannou tou Kantakouzēnou tou dia tou kai monaki kouschematos metonomathrytos Ioasaph Monakou ... tou autou kata tou Moameth logoi 4". Imprint from Latin colophon following the Latin text: "Basileae, ex Officina Ioannis Oporini, anno salutis M.D.XLIII. mense Martio". Colophon of Greek text (transliterated) reads "Etypothe en Basilieia para men toi Nikolaoi Brylingeroi ... [1543]" Bound together with the first Latin translation of the Qur'an, prinyed by Nicolaus Brylinger in Basle, 1543. Woodcut printer's device on main title-page. Woodcut historiated initials. Provenance: From the Typographical Collection of the University of St Andrews.

Entry author

Marina Santana