Machumetis Saracenorum principis, eius'que successorum vitae, ac doctrina, ipséque Alcoran ... quae ante annos CCCC ... D. Petrus abbas Cluniaccensis per viros eruditos ... ex Arabica lingua in Latinam transferri curavit. : His adiunctae sunt confutationes multorum ... unà cum ... Martini Lutheri praemonitione ... Adiunctae sunt etiam, Turcarum ... res gestae maximè memorabiles, à DCCCC annis ad nostra usque tempora.

Machumetis Saracenorum principis, eius'que successorum vitae, ac doctrina, ipséque Alcoran ... quae ante annos CCCC ... D. Petrus abbas Cluniaccensis per viros eruditos ... ex Arabica lingua in Latinam transferri curavit. : His adiunctae sunt confutationes multorum ... unà cum ... Martini Lutheri praemonitione ... Adiunctae sunt etiam, Turcarum ... res gestae maximè memorabiles, à DCCCC annis ad nostra usque tempora.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform title:	Qurʼan. Latin. 1543
Imprint:	Tiguri [Zurich], 1543 ; [i.e. Basiliae : Johannes Operinus, 1543]
Description:	3 v. in 1, [28], 230, [10]; [8], 178; 163, [1] p. ; 28 cm. (fol.)
Language:	Latin Ancient Greek
Subject:	Qurʼan -- Early works to 1800. Qurʼan -- Theology -- Early works to 1800. Qurʼan. Islam -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800. Islam -- Controversial literature. Theology. Islamic Empire -- History -- Early works to 1800. Islamic Empire. Early works. History.
Format:	Print Book
Local Note:	University of Chicago Library's copy bound with: Ioannis Cantacuzeni Constantinopolitani Regis Contra Mahometicam Christiana & orthodoxa assertio... Basileae, 1543.
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2976617

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Other title:	Confutationes legis Machumeticae ... Historiae de Saracenorum sive Turcarum origine ...
Other authors / contributors:	Robert, of Chester, active 1143. Hermann, of Carinthia. Luther, Martin, 1483-1546. Bibliander, Theodorus, approximately 1504-1564 Peter, the Venerable, approximately 1092-1156. Brylinger, Nikolas, active 1537-1565 printer.
Notes:	Signature Y, containing, "Martini Lutheri ... in Alcoranum praefatio", is not included in signature register at end of vol. 1. Vol. 1 has general title page only ; v. 2-3 each have special title page. Signatures: B6-Y2 (versos of B6 and Y2 blank) a-u6 (last verso blank); *4, A-P6 (P6 blank); aa-nn6, OO4 (last verso blank). Imprint appears to have been added in manuscript; actually printed by Operin in Basle in 1543, Cf. M. Steinmann, Oporinus, 1967, pp. 20-31. Translation of the Koran is by Robertus Retenensis and Hermannus Dalmata under the direction of Peter the Venerable. Cf. Brit. Mus. Cat. Woodcut historiated initials. Marginalia in italics. The first Latin version of the Qur'an, printed by Nocolaus Brylinger in Basle in 1543. The imprimatur was only granted on condition that the book also contained a refutation of the doctrines of the Qur'an. Adams, M1889 In Latin and Greek.

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