Title

Machumetis Sarracanorum Principis vita ac doctrina omnis, quae & Ismahelitarum lex, & Alcoranum dicitur

Full title

Machumetis Sarracanorum Principis vita ac doctrina omnis, quae & Ismahelitarum lex, & Alcoranum dicitur / ex Arabica lingua ante CCCC annos in Latinam translata, nuncq[ue] demum ad gloriam Domini Iesu, & ad Christianæ fidei confirmationem, doctorum ac piorum aliquot uirorum, nostraeq[ue] adeò religionis orthodoxæ antistitum studio & authoritate, uelut è tenebris in lucem protracta atq[ue] edita. Quo uolumine perlecto, pius & studiosus lector fatebitur, librum nullum potuisse uel opportunè uel tempestiuè magis edi hoc rerum Christianarum & Turcicarum statu. Adiectae quoq[ue] sunt Annotationes, Confutationes, Sarracenorum ac rerum Turcicarum à DCCCC annis ad nostra usq[ue] tempora memorabilium historiae, ex probatissimis autoribus tum Arabibus, tum Latinis & Græcis, quorum catalogum uersa in singulis tomis pagina prima reperies. Item, Philippi Melanchthonis, uiri doctiss. praemonitio ad lectorem, cum primis pia & erudita. Theodori Bibliandri, sacrarum literarum in Ecclesia Tigurina professoris, uiri doctissimi, pro Alcorani editione Apologia, multa eruditione & pietate referta, lectuq[ue] dignissima: quippe in qua multis ac ualidiss. argumentis & uitilitigatorum calumnijs respondetur, & quàm non solùm utilis, sed & necessaria hoc præsertim s[a]eculo sit Alcorani editio, demonstratur.

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Title in English

Printer

Released place

Basel

Released date

1543

Author

Oporinus

Language

2151

Qur'an

Translation

Qur'an structure

Suras

Pages

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Sources

Arabic Type

Link to library catalogue

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Description: 3 vols in 1 ([24], 230, [10]; [8], 178, [2] (last leaf blank); [1-3],4-163, [1]p) ; fol. Imprint details from BL catalogue of German books, 1455-1600. Vol. 2-3 have special title-pages; v. 2: Confutationes legis Machumeticae, quam uocant Alcoranum ... ; v. 3: Historiae de Saracenorum Turcarum origine, moribus nequitia, relogione, rebus gestis ... Woodcut historiated initials. Marginalia printed in italics. Main body of work in Latin, with text of the Koran translated from Arabic original. Parallel Greek & Latin texts in vol 2. Provenance: Title-page (mutilated) has inscription: "Liber cois?? bibliothece Leonardinae ex dono magis. Petri Young preceptoris et eleemosinarij regis Jacobi sexti". Former classmark: TypSwZ.B50XK. From the Typographical Collection of the University of St Andrews. Binding: Fragments of Latin MSS in binding.

Entry author

Marina Santana