Exhibition: The Quran in East and West: Manuscripts and Printed Books
Item appears in the following exhibition pageThe Quran in East and West: Manuscripts and Printed Books: Qurans : Printed Books Item InformationDublin CoreTitleMachumetis, Saracenorum principis, eiuśque successorum uitae, doctrina, ac ipse Alcoran, pages 8 and 9
SubjectIslam and the Toledan Collection
Description2nd edition of the revised version of the twelfth-century Latin Quran translation, accompanied by Latin translations of Islamic theological literature
PublisherOporinus, Joannes, 1507-1568
Date1550
ContributorRobert, of Ketton, fl. 1141-1157
Bibliander, Theodorus, approximately 1504-1564
Hermann, of Carinthia
Languagelat
IdentifierCLIO id: 4561626
MODSKey Date1550
Type of Dateexact
Publication PlaceBasle
Publication Date1550
Form/Genrebooks
Repository Namennc-ut
Shelf LocationUnion Rare Folio OT41 P49 1550
Notesin 1543 Oporinus printed the 1st edition of which at least 6 different versions are known (cf. Hartmut Bobzin, "Zur Anzahl der Drucke von Biblianders Koranausgabe im Jahr 1543," Basler Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Altertumskunde 85, 1985, pp. 213-219 )
in the same year, Oporinus also printed "De humani corporis fabrica libri VII" by Andreas Vesalius references:
VD16 K 2586 Kurt Guggisberg, "Bibliander, Theodor," in: Neue Deutsche Biographie 2, 1955, p. 215, available online: http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz4368.html (accessed 11 June 2011) Theodorus Bibliander, Le Coran à la Renaissance: Plaidoyer pour une traduction, tr. and notes by Henri Lamarque, Toulouse 2007 Charles Burnett, "Ketton, Robert of (fl. 1141-1157)," in: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004, available online: http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/24529 (accessed 11 June 2011) Hans Jürgen Rieckenberg, "Hermann von Kärnten,“ in: Neue Deutsche Biographie 8, 1969, pp. 646-647, available online: http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz30113.html (accessed 11 June 2011) Language of Catalogingeng
Digital Originrd
CollectionBurke [UTS] Union Rare
Still Image Item Type MetadataOriginal Formatbook
Physical Dimensions30 x 21.25 x 5.75 cm
Citation“Machumetis, Saracenorum principis, eiuśque successorum uitae, doctrina, ac ipse Alcoran, pages 8 and 9,” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed February 16, 2025, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/quran/item/6103. |