Exhibition: The Quran in East and West: Manuscripts and Printed Books
Item appears in the following exhibition pageItem Information Dublin CoreTitleAlcoran of Mahomet, title page
SubjectIslam
DescriptionFirst English translation of the complete text of the Quran
Publishers.n.
Date1649
ContributorRoss, Alexander, 1591-1654
Du Ryer, André, approximately 1580-approximately 1660
Languageeng
IdentifierCLIO id: 4536422
MODSKey Date1649
Type of Dateexact
Publication PlaceLondon
Publication Date1649
Form/Genrebooks
Repository Namennc-ut
Shelf LocationTower BP109 .D8 1649
Notesthe French source "L’Alcoran de Mahomet" was first published by Antoine de Sommaville in Paris 1647
the translation is accompanied by "The life and death of Mahomet, the prophet of the Turks, and author of the Alcoran" Ross added "A needfull caveat or admonition, for them who desire to know what use may be made of, or if there be danger in reading the Alcoran" images from one of three copies in Burke Library
references:
ESTC R200452, R200453, R220382 David Allan, "Ross, Alexander (1591-1654)," in: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2007, available online: http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/24110 (accessed 10 June 2011) Nabil Matar, "A Note on Alexander Ross and the English Translation of the Qurʾān," Journal of Islamic Studies 23/1, 2012, pp. 76-84 Noel Malcolm, "The 1649 English Translation of the Koran: Its Origins and Significance," Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 75 (2012), pp. 261-295 Language of Catalogingeng
Digital Originrd
Still Image Item Type MetadataOriginal Formatbook
Physical Dimensions18.5 x 13.5 x 3 cm
Citation“Alcoran of Mahomet, title page,” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed November 5, 2024, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/quran/item/6109. |